Villagers battling with transport costs to get scores of pupils to school

Poor families going hungry, children dropping out as department fails them

Since last year, the parents of scores of pupils from Gabazi village in Qumbu have been forced to pay more than R200 each month to transport their children to schools situated in town — nearly 20km from their homes...

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