South Africa: Thieves Steal Primary School Children's Education

24 October 2017

Liwa Primary School in Nyanga "used to be among the shining schools in Cape Town" says school principal Fundiswa Nodlela. But since 2015 it has reported 12 burglaries, four of these between 9 and 16 October this year.

"I really do not know what has gone wrong with the community. The school has now lost its dignity ... They break in at night or even late afternoons getting away with school property," says Nodlela.

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