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NC school kids feel impact of poor road

───   SABRINA SABRINA 15:37 Mon, 21 Jul 2014

Sabrina Dean
 
Kuruman - The community in several isolated villages near Kuruman in the Northern Cape is of the opinion that keeping children home from school is the only way to get government to listen.
 
Joe Morolong Road Forum Deputy Chairperson, Kagisho Gaborokwe, says community protests in the weeks ahead of the July school holiday were the culmination of a battle that has been brewing since 2012 over the state of the roads in the area.
 
He says the learners being kept home from school are among the worst affected by transport problems.

Some 55 schools that have been closed for several weeks due to protests were supposed to start operating today. Northern Cape Education spokesperson Sydney Stander this morning told OFM News although teachers and officials were present, children had not arrived for school. He could not be reached for comment later in the day.

Meanwhile Northern Cape police spokesperson Andrea Cloete says no incidents were reported today.
 
She says police have been and will continue to monitor the situation as long as necessary to ensure learner safety.


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