As thousands of pupils made their way back to school yesterday, 845 pupils and staff from Ndzalama Primary School in Limpopo were greeted by the same dilapidated building they left last year.
Unresolved problems, vandalism, overcrowding and late admissions are some of the challenges facing public schools in Gauteng, Limpopo, the North West, Mpumalanga and the Free State as they prepare to re-open today.
As government schools open for the new academic year in the five inland provinces on Wednesday, it has emerged that 5,201 pupils in three of them are yet to be placed.
As government schools open for the new academic year in the five inland provinces on Wednesday, it has emerged that 5,201 pupils in three of them are yet to be placed.