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Kuruman learners face same fate as those in Olifantshoek in 2012─── OWEN OWEN 07:54 Thu, 24 Jul 2014
Owen Kock
Kuruman - It is looking increasingly likely that learners in about fifty Kuruman schools in the Northern Cape will have to repeat the academic year.
This was announced at a meeting between the principals and governing bodies of the affected schools in Maroping yesterday.
Schooling came to a halt more than a month ago in over fifty schools in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District due to violent protests over a road the community wants tarred.
The administration block of the Ditshipeng Primary School was burned to the ground on Monday, when schools attempted to reopen.
The school's vice-principal, William Sebuseng, says the situation is tense but they’re appealing to parents to allow learners to return to school.
Sebuseng says this will help to avoid a repeat of the situation in Olifantshoek in 2012 when learners had to repeat a year due to protest action.
Meanwhile, the department of public works says the tender process for the upgrading of the road in question closed on Friday and there will be a clear indication of the way forward in a month’s time.
Meanwhile, the department of public works says the tender process for the upgrading of the road in question closed on Friday and there will be a clear indication of the way forward in a month’s time.
William Sebuseng:
