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News24 | R3.6bn shortfall leaves 827 Eastern Cape schools trapped with pit latrines

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Mahlodumela Primary School in Limpopo, where five-year-old Michael Komape fell into a pit latrine in 2014.

Mahlodumela Primary School in Limpopo, where five-year-old Michael Komape fell into a pit latrine in 2014.

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