Desperate Nelson Mandela Bay schools make tough trade-offs
Facilities falling to pieces as maintenance budgets used to address severe staff shortages
With maintenance budgets slashed by the education department, some Nelson Mandela Bay schools have come to accept their leaking roofs, lack of electricity and shortage of potable water.
Instead, they are dipping into these very coffers to try to remedy the next big issue — a severe staff shortage...
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