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Sewer project leaves Flagstaff without a new school

Residents say officials promised the two developments could coexist

The Flagstaff Bulk Sewer Project will provide modern wastewater treatment services to Flagstaff and parts of Thabo Mbeki township. But residents are upset because they wanted the site to be used for the construction of a new school. Photo: Yamkela Ntshongwana

Residents of Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape say they were fooled into accepting a multimillion-rand sewerage project being built next to a site earmarked for a new high school.
The sewerage project is now nearing completion but took 14 years.
Plans to replace the more than 100-year-old Flagstaff Comprehensive High School have stalled because the education department says it cannot be built near a sewage plant.

Residents of Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape say they were fooled into agreeing…

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