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GroundUp reports that a pall of thick black smoke covered Molly Blackburn Secondary School in Khayelitsha, Uitenhage, on Wednesday morning as scores of learners stood outside the gates, demanding six more permanent teachers.
They said they have been complaining since the beginning of this year. The learners, with satchels on their backs, sang and burnt tyres in front of the gate, blew whistles, and shouted: “We have had enough!” The learners said the school was short of two maths, two physical science, one business studies, and one Life Orientation teacher. Acting principal of the school Mninawa Sitole arrived at the protest and told learners he had spoken to the district office in Port Elizabeth and that the matter was not at the school anymore but was being handled at district level. Sithole was booed by the learners. Spokesperson for the Eastern Cape Department of Education Malibongwe Mtima said: “This matter is receiving the utmost attention it deserves. We hope that the school will receive these educators as soon as possible.”
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