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how did he change South Africa
? Given how unsatisfactory life is for so many in society, the follow-up question is,
how much room was there for Mandela to maneuver
? South Africa now lurches from crisis to crisis, and so many of us are tempted to remember the Mandela years – especially the first democratic government – as fundamentally different from the crony-capitalist, corruption-riddled, brutally-securitised, eco-destructive and anti-egalitarian regime we suffer now. But were the seeds of our present political weeds sown earlier?
Mabila School toilets - a failure
Learners at a primary school in Vhembe, Limpopo are still using pit toilets. The department of education blames a failed plan to merge schools.
While Mabila Primary School learners in Vhembe remains without proper toilets, the Limpopo education department has traced the problem to a failed schools merger.
Learners at the school are forced to use four dilapidated pit toilets, two for girls and two for boys. Last month
Health-e Newsreported on how these conditions prevail, despite building materials delivered at the school three years ago.
The provincial department said that plans to build a new sanitation block at the rural school were abandoned due to a proposal to merge Mabila Primary School with another primary school. Mabila Primary School has about 200 learners from grades R to seven.