School for the disabled struggling to survive

While Batswana were marking The day of People Living with Disabilities yesterday, students at the 'I AM Special Education Society' in Tlokweng were facing uncertainty about their school's future.

 The school was threatened with closure last week when their water was disconnected for failure to pay rates and it was feared that the electricity would be cut next year.

Yesterday, a third of the students did not turn up at school because the parents were not aware that a parent rescued the school.

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Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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