A newly renovated school, the Mothusi Marumola Secondary School in Matloding village, stands empty, allegedly because of a community dispute.
Previously, there was no secondary school in the area and learners from the community attended schools in neighbouring villages. It was then resolved that the Mothusi Marumola Secondary School learners will go to Matloding Primary School while the old school infrastructure is renovated and turned into a secondary school.
The renovations are now complete and the school was handed over to the community but learners have still not started lessons at the school.
The School Governing Body chairperson at the Mothusi Marumola Secondary, Lerato Matola has accused the provincial Education Department of dragging its feet while the learners are suffering.
Parents demand to know why the department is not attending to the collapsing infrastructure of the primary school and why it has not moved secondary school learners back to the renovated school.
