Destruction of schools ‘suspicious’‚ says Zuma

05 May 2016 - 17:28 By TMG Digital

President Jacob Zuma on Thursday condemned in the strongest possible terms the destruction of 17 schools this week during protests over municipal demarcations.In his Presidency budget reply in Parliament‚ he said the large number of schools destroyed was "suspicious".Sandile Ndlovu "17 schools is not a small thing. We must look deeper because there are some rumours that in many of these protests there is some motive and some people take advantage of that. A school or two is one thing‚ but when it is 17 schools‚ it looks suspicious‚" he said.Sandile Ndlovu TMG Digital/TMG Parliamentary Bureau..

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