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Another black school up in flames reducing the number of schools for black learners

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Another school was burned down by the country’s “barbarians” reducing the number of schools meant for blacks.

The school, located in the Vanderbijlpark location, is an elementary school that suddenly leaves a large number of pupils without a classroom.

Although the authorities have ordered an investigation into the incident, it is the work of vandals who decided to burn down the school just a day before the first day of the term.

The Tokelo Secondary School in Evaton, started burning in the early hours of the morning, and no trace of the culprits was found.

The fire reportedly caused a loss of more than R4m and repairs are only expected to begin after the investigation has been completed.

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Cut your nose to spite yourself! Metro rail train services canceled in Cape Town following arson attack

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The two latest incidents in which two trains of Metro Rail in the Western Cape went up in flames bring the struggling entity even closer to a financial abyss.

The trains were destroyed by the fire, and workers using the service later had to make other arrangements to get to the workplace.

Metro rail’s total number of trains and passenger vans have been attacked and burned by vandals over the past few years so that they currently have less than half their trains left in the Western Cape.

The Metro Rail said in a statement that the Cape Town railway station platforms 9, 10, 15 and 16 were so affected by the fires that they were closed, and that the railway station would also be closed for several hours.

All train services are canceled until later notice, and commuters will have to make use of alternative transport.

The damage from the fires amounted to almost R500,000, and the future of train transport for workers has now been
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Vandals tear R6.6m car wash apart, Tshwane spokesperson blames the weather

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A multimillion-rand car wash project owned by the city of Tshwane which was meant to create jobs for the youth of Mamelodi and invigorate the economy of the township, has descended into dilapidation.

SowetanLIVE reported that the Reitiretse integrated vehicle washing facility in Mamelodi west has been stripped by criminals, before it even opened its doors.

The R6.6m facility now looks a far cry from the day it was launched amid fanfare in November 2015.

When Sowetan visited the facility on Thursday, the structures had lost their roofs and door frames, while the toilet block has been stripped of the toilet seats and basins. The windows and other fittings had been vandalised.

Reitiretse was launched by former Tshwane mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa and Gauteng premier David Makhura. At the time, the car wash premises included a fully equipped laundromat and a fully equipped hair salon.

Located near Mamelodi’s major thoroughfare, Tsa
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