UMasipala woMsunduzi eKwaZulu-Natal unciphise usizo lwamanzi ezikoleni ezingu-23 zaseMgungundlovu ngenxa yesikweletu esingaphezu kuka-R32 million. Umasipala uthi uMnyango wezeMfundo akaphendulanga ezazisweni zokunqanyulwa kokuxhumana kwamanzi ezikoleni.
UMnyango wezeMfundo KwaZulu-Natal, ophawulwe uMnuz Muzi Mahlambi, uthe lesi sikweletu siphuma ekuxhumeni okungekho emthethweni okwenziwa izakhamizi ezakhele izikole. UMahlambi uthe ukunqanyulwa kokuxhumana akukathinti ukufunda ezikoleni, njengoba ezinye izikole zinamanzi atholakala ngamathange, nokuthi ogesi awumqoka kangako emini.
UMahlambi uveze ukuthi izikole eziningi zathinteka ngenxa yokuxhunywa okungekho emthethweni, okuyisimo esibonakalayo njengoba imitha yamanzi iqhubeka nokuhamba noma izikole zivaliwe. Nokho, uMnyango wezeMfundo uyavuma ukuthi ngeke ukwazi ukulawula le nkinga yokuqhubeka kokutholakala kwamanzi ngaphandle kosizo lomphakathi.