By Mary-Anne Gontsana –
“In my school we have two main problems. The first one is a lack of water. Our taps are not working properly,” said Phila Biyongo, a grade 9 student at Simanyene High School in Strand, as she marched through Cape Town city centre yesterday afternoon in a protest organised by Equal Education.
Biyonga continued, “[The taps] run dry and there is no water to flush the toilets. Apart from that the toilets are dirty and some of them don’t even have doors. [The second problem is] a lack of staff. For example you find that teachers teach two subjects at a time, which tires them out and it becomes difficult for us as learners to be taught by someone who is tired.”
“Amandla” was continuously chanted in the Cape Town central business district as students marched to the provincial legislature to rally against education inequality. An Equal Education spokesperson estimates that about 2,500 people participated.
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