Taxpayers are set to cough up an estimated R138m to 158 schools damaged during the mass looting and damage to property during the unrest in KZN and Gauteng.
Cape Town - Taxpayers are set to cough up an estimated R138 million to 158 schools damaged during the mass looting and damage to property during the recent protests in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
The estimated costs stood at R100 362 000 after verification showed 144 schools were in fact damaged, not 137 as initially reported. The province’s budget was insufficient to implement rehabilitation and refurbishment of school infrastructure, he said. He told MPs that since Covid-19 last year a total of 401 schools have been affected by arson, vandalism and break-ins.Vandalism costs were not planned and budgeted for in their infrastructure plans, he said..
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