Angry locals close schools!
Angry locals close schools! Residents at a badly damaged bridge.Photo By Oris Mnisi . GATVOL residents of Alexandria and Oakley, near Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga, have shut down six schools for almost two weeks. They’re demanding water, high-mast lights, a police station, bridge, clinic and that the road connecting Marite and Tekamahala villages be tarred. Protest leader Solomon Maile told Daily Sun the Bushbuckridge Municipality had been taking them from pillar to post over a bridge and tarring of the road. “Councillors and mayors have promised us a bridge and tarring ...