{"id":50316,"date":"2022-01-28T10:48:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T08:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/parents-worried-about-school-20220125\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:17:07","slug":"parents-worried-about-school-20220125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/parents-worried-about-school-20220125\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents worried about school after storms damages school"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Parents whose children attend Mbozisa Primary School, in Mthatha, are worried about the situation at this school, since the classrooms were swept away by heavy storms towards December, last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chairperson for the school governing body (SGB), Simon Magwaxaza, said it was painful to see their children struggling because they did not have classrooms due to this problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said they were worried because parents would take their children to other schools and the department would shut the school down if the number of learners dropped. Magwaxaza said they fear that if the school does not have the number of learners required, the department might merge it with a neighbouring school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_22722998\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"School\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/2585\/62f1ff41cc114698a03fcf7c097e542c.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/09a70826f50443348e3d1292a39fba52.jpg\" title=\"Tornado swept away classrooms at Mbozisa Primary School in Mthatha. \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Tornado swept away classrooms at Mbozisa Primary School in Mthatha. <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the matter was reported to the department, we thought that something would be done very quickly in order to close this gap. 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