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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>After the deadly floods that ravaged KwaZulu-Natal last year, the provincial education department spent millions on classrooms for affected schools, many of which remain unsuitable.<\/p>\n

Of the 74 mobile classrooms built at a cost of R18 million following torrential floods that destroyed 356 schools, an audit report revealed 16 classes were incomplete and unsuitable for learning.<\/p>\n

In a report presented to Parliament’s Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Oversight Committee on Tuesday, the Auditor-General revealed the department spent millions on dysfunctional structures.<\/p>\n

This is the first time the Auditor-General of South Africa, Tsakane Maluleke, conducted an audit as money was being spent, rather than after the fact.<\/p>\n

The 74 classrooms, which were built to accommodate 40 children and two kitchens, were distributed among 26 schools, specifically in Pinetown, Umlazi, and Ugu.<\/p>\n

The flood report stated repairing and reconstructing the destroyed schools began in September 2022, and was meant to have been completed by March 2023.<\/p>\n

Maluleke conducted onsite inspections at one of the five schools selected, and discovered that although the department built 13 units at a considerable pace, it “did not address the need” at Brettenwood High School.<\/p>\n

The three-storey school, which accommodates 880 people, was built on land with signs of damage affecting its “structural integrity”, placing the lives of many at risk.<\/p>\n

Four of the 13 units were situated on the ground floor, which upon structural assessment, showed it was built on land previously “submerged by the floods”.<\/p>\n

It was also revealed two of the four units had to be vacated in May 2022 due to heavy rains that delayed the construction of the remaining classrooms.<\/p>\n

As a result, the department told auditors it had appointed the Development Bank of Southern Africa to attend to the renovation and repair of the school to address “structural concerns”.<\/p>\n

During this period, hundreds of pupils occupied the second and third floors, causing overcrowding and depriving pupils of a suitable learning environment.<\/p>\n

According to the report, 16 of the 53 units were falsely reported as being completed by the education department and needed to be of a better standard.<\/p>\n

Five schools under assessment, including Maphephetheni Secondary and Siphosethu School, were built on ground that needed to be levelled to make it more suitable for the mobile units.<\/p>\n

In addition to these issues, Maphephetheni Secondary was built three metres from an eroding embankment.<\/p>\n

The AG attributed the delays to poor project monitoring and oversight across key stages.<\/p>\n

The department said pressure to ensure “continuous learning” was blamed for these absences.<\/p>\n

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