Safe passage is a bridge too far for these rural schoolchildren

Politicians' promises come to naught as pupils in small KZN community risk their lives to go to school

25 February 2024 - 00:00

For grade 2 pupil Asanda and many of his peers, getting to school is a perilous ordeal, as they’re forced to cross the “deadly” Mtwalume River. ..

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