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Teachers and pupils in tears as land protesters gut their new school

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“They are threatening our future. This year is already hard with Covid-19,” says matric student.

Residents seeking to occupy vacant land along Freedom Way in Joe Slovo, Cape Town, are accused of petrol bombing Sinenjongo High School on Wednesday.Two schools and a municipal refuse truck were set alight in Joe Slovo Park, Milnerton, Cape Town, in protests believed to relate to land occupations, targeting vacant land along Freedom Way.

On Wednesday, Sinenjongo High principal Khuselwa Nopote stopped pupils from staging a protest, telling them that"you can’t fight wrong with wrong”. Matric pupils Cebo Pikini said: “The community is letting us down, instead of them supporting us. I see it as mediocrity and greed. They are threatening our future. This year is already hard with Covid-19; now they are burning our school infrastructure. It’s inflicting pain.”

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