{"id":88482,"date":"2019-01-10T12:38:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T10:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=88482"},"modified":"2019-01-10T13:21:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T11:21:35","slug":"parents-frustrated-lack-space-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/01\/10\/parents-frustrated-lack-space-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents frustrated by lack of space in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

After receiving reports of protesting and cars being stoned at the Department of Education, opposite the Clicks building,\u00a0www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0went to investigate.
\nWhat we came across was a group of frustrated parents trying to find space for their children to attend school.<\/p>\n

Parents told\u00a0www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0that they reside in areas such as Aerorand and Extension 18 in Middelburg, Nasaret and Rockdale. After failing to secure a place at a Middelburg based school, parents have now been told that their children will be placed at schools in Mhluzi.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy child was taught in Afrikaans and English until Grade 7, now they want her to go to a school where they teach in Zulu. How will she manage to pass?\u201d one parent asked. Her child was supposed to start Grade 8 this year but is currently sitting at home because she was not accepted by any of the local high schools.<\/p>\n

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Ditholo Mzulwini and her daughter Zibusiso (5) who is supposed to be in Grade R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Parents also say that the extra cost they will have to pay for transport, to get their children to Mhluzi and back, is concerning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will eat pap and cabbage to be able to have money to give my child a proper education, but this is too much,\u201d one mother said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are there no white parents struggling to find space? Why are we protesting alone?\u201d a concerned father asked.<\/p>\n

The protest has thus far been peaceful. The police\u2019s Public Order Policing Unit is at the scene and SADC Street is safe for motorists to travel on at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aerorand Primary School was supposed to be completed in 2016. There is still only a container on site serving as a temporary office. The R44 million allocated for the school is rumoured to have been reallocated to fund expenses at other schools in the province.<\/p>\n

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