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However, the new Member of Parliament for  Goodhope-Mabule James Mathokgwane made stunning remarks about the situation at the school. He said that students are forced to use the bush to relieve themselves because of the locked water system toilets; they eat very late in the middle of the night; and recently experienced a diarrhoea outbreak because of the water situation. To underline his arguments, Mathokgwane warned that he would make sure that the school is not reopened in January if this problem is not addressed, stating that he will lobby students and parents to boycott the school.

The Goodhope water situation is surprising in that in May this year, Mathokgwane’s predecessor, who is minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources Kitso Mokaila commissioned a water augmentation project.