JOHANNEBSURG - Riverlea High School is not going to be rebuilt anytime soon.
The Gauteng Education Department says the best it can do, is to provide temporary mobile classrooms. But a shortage of funds means there are no immediate plans to renovate the school, after 11 classrooms were gutted in Sunday's fire.
The high levels of crime in Riverlea, like in many areas across South Africa, are a longstanding problem.
Several anti-crime programmes have been put in place in the community, to battle rampant violence and gangsterism. And yet wrongdoing continues.
Police have now opened a case of arson and are appealing to the community for any information, on what could have led to the blaze.
eNCA senior reporter, Aviwe Mtila, says it's the second such incident at the school, after another blaze in 2023.