HEAVY RAINS CAUSE SCHOOLS TO CLOSE

MANZINI – The incessant rains experienced all over the country resulted in a number of schools not operating in the Manzini region.
This was due to flooded rivers and slippery roads resulting in pupils and teachers not being able to go to school.

Head teachers turned back pupils who had managed to go to school because in most areas more than half of the pupils had not been able to attend school because they were not able to cross the flooded rivers. In some areas bridges were washed away preventing pupils from crossing to school.
A teacher from Mbekelweni Primary School said pupils had to be turned back.

“Pupils arrived at school dripping wet and there was no electricity at school so pupils were turned back,” she said.
One of the parents from Ethembeni Primary School said a number of rivers were flooded resulting in pupils not being able to cross to school.

The affected schools are Njojane Primary School, Dlalisile High School, Khuphuka Primary and High Schools, Mbekelweni High School, Lomadvokolo Primary School, Ethembeni Primary and High Schools, Mkhulamini Primary School and Malunge High School.

... Ejubukweni pupils turned back

MANZINI  - The flooded Mbuluzi River  resulted in classes being suspended at Ejubukweni High School yesterday.
This was confirmed by the school’s Head teacher Gideon Gama in an interview yesterday. Gama said the Mbuluzi River was heavily flooded yesterday morning after the heavy downpour experienced since Tuesday.

“I had to suspend classes yesterday due to the flooded Mbuluzi River.
“Most of the teachers and more than half of the pupils stay across the Mbuluzi River and in Mbabane, so there was nothing we could do. However, the school has not been closed, but we will monitor the situation to see if the water levels will subside. We cannot risk the pupils’ lives because it has been raining since morning today, (yesterday),” Gama said.

He said most of the teachers in the school resided in Mbabane due to the shortage of houses in the school.
Meanwhile, at least E50 000 worth of crops were destroyed after the Mnjoli Dam overflowed.

 
 

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