An Eastern Cape community is trying to scrape together money to repair a school they built 35 years ago, after repeated appeals for the provincial Department of Education to intervene allegedly fell on deaf ears.
Nondwe Senior Secondary School in the Wild Coast town of Willowvale has cracked walls, a broken roof, missing windows and broken pit toilets, and poses a hazard to staff and pupils. Failures by the Eastern Cape government to maintain the school have prompted concerned residents to band together to raise the funds required to renovate the institution. South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.
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