Pupils in Eastern Cape 'mud schools' left behind

17 May 2015 - 02:02
By THANDUXOLO JIKA

Just after 10am on Friday, a bunch of children, huge smiles on their faces, ran out of their classroom to watch a helicopter fly over their school. It was a VIP convoy travelling to the coronation of King Zwelonke Sigcawu of the Xhosa at the Nqandu royal palace in nearby Willowvale in the Eastern Cape.

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