For years, current and former school principals, as well as the school governing body (SGB), has pleaded with the provincial education department to fix the roof, but classrooms remain open to the sky seven years later.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Limpopo has written to Limpopo Director General, Nape Nchabeleng, over the terrible conditions at special schools in the province and on an update on the progress made in fulfilling commitments made in the 2018 report on the state of special schools in the province. This follows oversight inspections in the last week to Ratanang Special School, Fulufhelo special school, Botlokwa special school, Mahlasedi special school and Tsoga o iterele Special School that revealed the under-resourced and inapropriate conditions special learners are being exposed to. See photos here, here, here, here and here. All the schools visited still had vacant posts dating back to 2018 and special schools continue to not have scholar transport.
Polly Boshielo was responding to calls for her resignation following Limpopo being the worst-performing province in the country in the 2021 matric results.