By Victoria John, Jayna Goldstuck —

Equal Education along with pupils frustrated by the long wait for better school infrastructure protested outside the department’s office in Pretoria.

When pupils picketed outside the basic education department’s office in Pretoria on Wednesday for better school infrastructure, they were told by the department to wait “a few more weeks”.

But pupils across the country have been waiting for the provincial plans for fixing school infrastructure for four months already.“Be specific, what is a ‘few’?” a pupil shouted at departmental spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga when he made his speech in response to the pupils’ demands.

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