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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said her department was currently repairing 1 718 schools countrywide that had been vandalised during the lockdown. LockdownSA Covid19inSA coronaviruspandemic

Johannesburg - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says criminals are continuing to wreak havoc in schools by burning and vandalising them.

In Gauteng alone, she said, 351 schools have been vandalised. Six were vandalised just this past week."In the North West, a school was torched this week, resulting in three classrooms to be damaged. The province reports that"This is a serious set-back to the communities affected by these barbaric acts, which cause so much damage to our infrastructure, she said.

 

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