Back to school: Overcrowding in Cosmo City as demand exceeds places: Six-year-old Buhlebemvelo Njibana couldn't contain his excitement on Wednesday as he prepared to start grade 1 at the Cosmo City Primary School, north of Johannesburg.
His mother Mandisa Njibana said he couldn't settle on Tuesday evening. “He couldn't sleep, for wanting to try on his new school uniform,” she said.
She shared his enthusiasm. “Finally, I've been waiting for this moment since he was born. I am quite excited,” she said. Cosmo City Primary is one of the schools minister of basic education Angie Motshekga was visiting on Wednesday to monitor the start of the academic year. She said Gauteng had done relatively well with pupil placements this year.
“This time they are left with about 1,500 [outstanding placements], they are using churches where they don't have enough spaces. Sometimes it is circumstances that are beyond their control,” she said.
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