Parents want the reconstruction of Nancefield Primary School investigated
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Praylene van Reenen, chairperson of the school governing body , says that last year parents shut the school for a day, demanding the department explain the delays. Ward committee member Petunia Bailey said she wrote to the Presidency, Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure, the Special Investigating Unit, and the National Prosecuting Authority, demanding a probe into the construction of the school.
Ward councillor Juwairiya Kaldine said she was not aware of any interference. She urged those who claimed there was a construction mafia to go to the police. Meanwhile parents and SGB members say they are tired of waiting for the project to be completed while their children are taught in mobile classrooms which were supposed to be temporary when they were installed in 2018.
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