South Africa: Learners Get 'Cold Reception' After 260km Walk for Better Education

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'We had to tell the kids at the end of the walk that there will likely be no positive changes in the new year,' said the organiser of the walk, John Lombardo.

After walking 260km from Port Elizabeth to Bhisho to protest against low-quality teaching in township schools, teachers and 14 schoolchildren representing 14 no-fee schools in Nelson Mandela Bay say they feel their complaints were not heard - and that instead of change there will be reprisal for what they have done when schools resume in 2020.

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