For years, learners at two KwaZulu-Natal schools, some of them under eight years old, have been wading through a lake with hippos to get to school. For years, learners from the area have had to wade through the lake to get to and from school. She told GroundUp: "I am a professional teacher who has to undress and cross a lake with hippos just to get to work. "When it rains it's easier for us to wear ordinary clothes and flops to school, and change at the school toilet. In KwaZulu-Natal more than 200,000 learners walk more than two hours to and from school every day, according to activist movement Equal Education.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 03, 2017 02:03 UTC