Almost 4,000 schools across SA have one or more structures with asbestos

Pupils still attend schools with asbestos despite the department’s commitment to rebuild or revamp them as far back as November 2016

18 July 2023 - 21:56

More than 1,000 pupils in Gauteng are forced to attend lessons in asbestos classrooms because the construction of their new school, which started in 2018, has stalled. ..

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