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Ekurhuleni schools confirmed to have spent weeks without electricity

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Ekurhuleni schools confirmed to have spent weeks without electricity
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There are schools in Ekurhuleni that have gone without electricity for more than 300 days over the past three years.



Ekurhuleni schools owe a combined R81.9 million in municipal arrears, with 36 schools having gone at least a handful of days in the dark due to municipal disconnections.



The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) recently confirmed the number of schools that had their electricity supply cut.



In a written response to a question posed in the provincial legislature, the depar

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