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Ladysmith water crisis forces school to close as outage enters third week

IOL · 21 August 2026 at 15:34

Ladysmith water crisis forces school to close as outage enters third week

The ongoing Ladysmith water crisis has disrupted schooling, with the Department of Labour closing a secondary school over unhygienic conditions as the DA seeks court intervention.

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