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The man that moncler outlet uk made the difference to 200 destitute young learners, Sithembele Chapile. Picture: Nosipiwo Manona
The mayor of Elundini Local Municipality, Nonkongozelo Lengs, said the school shoes would make a huge moncler factory outlet difference to the pupils lives.
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helps relieve the harshness of the cold and snow on their feet, said Lengs.
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Speaking to City Press, Chapile said he loved helping out in this way.
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The DA shadow MEC for education, Edmund van Vuuren, said ET Thabane was so badly run down that it was not fit for learning and teaching.