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Parents’ revolt at Mafakela lifts the lid on inflated school bus deals

When parents and guardians at Mafakela Primary School protested a compulsory US$25 bus levy, they unknowingly uncovered the tip of a corruption iceberg. The school had proposed that failure to pay the levy would result in pupils being barred from writing examinations in July, but this only served to further infuriate the parents and guardians. […]