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Learners wait seven years for R39-million school

Second building contractor fired and Eyabantu Senior Secondary School remains unfinished

A second contractor has left the site of the Eyabantu Senior Secondary School, a project launched in 2019. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Matriculants at Eyabantu Senior Secondary School in KwaMaqoma (Fort Beaufort) in the Eastern Cape were hoping to write their exams in new classrooms they have been promised since 2019. But the school is still not ready, and a second contractor has been fired.
The original building was demolished in 2019 for a new school to be built. But the first contractor left the site when the covid lockdown began in 2020, and never returned, claiming that they had not been paid. In August 2022, learners marched to the offices of the Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE) demanding thattheir…

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