More than 100 villagers at Maboloka near Brits in the North West have signed a petition urging the government to urgently repair a bridge linking their village to two schools, or build them a new one instead.
This follows the collapse of a crossing that linked hundreds of pupils to the two schools during heavy rains last week.
Pupils from Solomon Lion primary and Mmadikete Lion secondary schools missed four days of classes last week after torrential rains washed away a bridge that connects two communities – the Tambo Section and Checkers village – to the two schools.
“We will submit the petition to the councillor soon, and we are hoping it will be forwarded to the [Madibeng] municipality. Our goal is to have the collapsed bridge repaired or replaced,” said Wayne Sandiri, a community leader.
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