Gates locked at rural Mthwane Secondary School in Umzimkhulu on the KZN south coast after claims it was built on a gravesite. Bongani Mbatha African News Agency Emafini Nobaza holds a title deed confirming the school was built on his late grandfather’s land. Bongani Mbatha African News Agency Vuyelwa Tsotetsi is concerned about her daughter’s future after the school was closed.
Noboza employed the services of a lawyer in an attempt to speed up the process as he wanted to revive his family’s passion for farming. He said when growing up his late grandfather was a dairy farmer with a large herd of cattle. When the school re-opened for the second term on Tuesday, pupils and teachers sneaked into the school via a small gate while their cars were parked outside the grounds.When the Sunday Tribune visited the school on Wednesday, the main gate was padlocked.A parent who lives nearby, Vuyelwa Tsotetsi, said locking out pupils would affect them because the entire community relied on the school.