Acting Speaker, this week marks the start of the matriculation exams across the country. Even though some of our learners did not receive textbooks this year - which is a fact - I hope they have overcome this obstacle and that they excel.
Learners and teachers at Tlotlang Thuto Middle School are experiencing a different kind of obstacle. Due to community protests in July, their classrooms were destroyed in an attempt to force the government to meet the protesters' demands for water and electricity quickly. Ever since then, learners have learned either in a partially covered classroom or under trees, while the principal uses his bakkie as an office. If it rains or it becomes too dusty, the learners have to be sent home.
The education department sent mobile classrooms to the school a month later, after failing to deliver them as promised. Grade 10 learners had to be divided into two groups. While one group was writing the exams, the other group had to wait for them to finish in order to use the classroom. The government's failure to deliver services is at the heart of this matter. However, the protesters cannot be allowed to destroy public property, because these actions not only delay service delivery ... Thank you. [Time expired.]