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Plans to rebuild school’s hospitality department

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THREE years after the devastating floods and rioting in KwaZulu-Natal, the Golden Steps Special School, in Verulam, is still picking up the pieces.

The school, which caters for children from Grade R to Grade 6 with cognitive and/or physical disabilities, was extensively damaged during the floods and then looted during the riots.

Dr Shireen Hariparsad, the school’s acting principal, said during the unrest, their hospitality department – which comprised the kitchen where meals were prepared for the pupils, and the teaching area

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