The plight of Nelson Mandela Bay schools that have been battling overcrowding, some with more than 50 pupils crammed into a single classroom, could have been avoided.
Former Eastern Cape government director-general Marion Mbina-Mthembu and seven others were granted bail by the Zwelitsha magistrate’s court in Qonce on Tuesday after appearing on allegations including fraud and money laundering amounting to R20m.Mbina-Mthembu appeared alongside the former CFO in the office of the premier, Myirhakazi Hannah Ntshingila, and the former acting head of education, Sizakele Netshilaphala.
Parents from RDP houses and seven informal settlements in Nkandla township, Gqeberha, say the community is big enough and ought to have its own primary school.