Classes under trees in Limpopo

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- Alex Japho Matlala

More than 600 pupils attending Muvhavha Secondary School in Limpopo are studying under trees after storms affected the area last year.

The school is in Tswinga village outside Thohoyandou.

This contradicts the provincial department's claim this year that there were no longer tree, mud or shack classrooms in Limpopo.

"We no longer have mud schools but we still have blocks that were built by community members some moons back.

"Some are still intact and others we are demolishing," the department said in the first week of the 2025 school academic year.

However, Limpopo basic education spokesperson Mike Maringa confirmed on Wednesday that pupils at Mavhavha Secondary School in the Vhembe region attending classes under trees.