They accuse pupils and outside community of breaking down and vandalised the school building.
The people living at Hoërskool Die Burger insist they have a contract to live in old classrooms and deny contributing to the depleted state of the school premises. One of the dwellers, JP van der Merwe, said he was not squatting in the classrooms. He claimed the classrooms were used by a church which vacated the premises after the former principal retired during the lockdown.
One of the dwellers, JP van der Merwe, said he was not squatting in the classrooms. He claimed the classrooms were used by a church which vacated the premises after the former principal retired during the lockdown. “When the previous principal retired, they just left me here, only for the new management to [try and] evict me,” he said.Van der Merwe said he was employed by the school in 2018 as a casual worker living at the school, only to receive an eviction notice for not paying rent in November 2020.He said the school was quick to point fingers at them.Van der Merwe said the pupils were also the ones who broke down and vandalised the school building.
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