CHILD SAFETY: School water and sanitation crisis drags on as DBE balks at national deadline

As many as 3,661 public schools nationwide still lack reliable water and decent sanitation, yet the national Department of Basic Education refuses to set a definitive eradication deadline. Despite a R50bn infrastructure grant over the me…
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