In a presentation to the education portfolio committee last week, the Gauteng education department said 401 schools had been hit by criminals, some broken into, stripped of their infrastructure or burnt.
At one school, even the garden spades were stolen - education officials assess damage of #UnrestSA
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July riots caused more than R100 million in damage to schools in KZN and Gauteng
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Taxpayers to cough up R138m for KZN, Gauteng schools damaged during unrest
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