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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 88534, member: 27"] Power outages cripple learning in Gauteng schools as unpaid bills trigger mass disconnections. Tshwane schools go dark [LIST] [*]At least thirty schools in City of Tshwane lost electricity over massive arrears. [*]Classrooms ditch smart boards and computers for chalk and natural light only. [*]Township kids miss online work widening the disadvantage gap sharply. [/LIST] Ekurhuleni faces similar crunch [LIST] [*]Six schools already cut off while one hundred thirty-eight others got urgent notices. [*]Collective debt hits roughly eighty-one point nine million rands there. [*]Gauteng Department of Education owes over three hundred fourteen million to Ekurhuleni alone. [/LIST] Budget shortfalls spark crisis [LIST] [*]Section 21 schools rack up arrears from inadequate utility allocations. [*]Rising tariffs plus extra device demand outstrip what budgets cover. [*]No-fee schools struggle hardest with fundraising in high-unemployment zones. [/LIST] Wider warnings loom large [LIST] [*]Over one hundred Gauteng schools received disconnection threats recently. [*]Earlier Ekurhuleni notices targeted one hundred eighty-nine over one hundred twenty-three million owed. [*]Payment plans get discussed but critics slam lack of structural fixes. [/LIST] Learners and teachers suffer most [LIST] [*]Digital lessons stall forcing improvised low-tech teaching daily. [*]Safety drops without lights or security systems running properly. [*]Exam prep tanks while motivation and after-school programs vanish. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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