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Hitchhike In School Case Study

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Everyday, high school students from the townships of Westlake and Capricorn trek 15 kilometres to Masiphumelele High school.

This means having to hitchhike over Ou Kaapse Weg. Yet there are several much better resourced state schools that are much closer and easier to get to.

Thembakazi Gonya and Siyabulela Ntsaluba have been attending Masiphumelele High for more than three years. Whether it’s raining or the sun is shining, they join other school mates who stand along Ou Kaapse Weg hoping to catch a ride to school.

Gonya is a grade 12 student. She walks from her home in Westlake township for about 20 minutes to the hitchhiking spot. She can stand to up to three hours sometimes without getting a lift.

“Some days are very quiet. We stand for a long time and sometimes we have to show money even if it’s a R10 note for a car to stop and give us a lift,” says Gonya. …show more content…

At least five better resourced state schools are closer though and do not involve crossing a mountain.

Zwaanswyk is only 4.5km away. Crestway is 6km away. Muizenberg is 7.5km away. Bergvliet and South Peninsula High are about 9km away. And Fish Hoek High is a former model C school that is about the same distance as Masiphumelele.

But the closest school is a private one, Reddham, about a kilometre away as the crow flies, but about 4km by road.

Hitching a ride to school.Hitching a ride to school.
Siyamkela Salupa, 18, explains why she has to go to Masiphumelele. “There are no school fees. I can 't afford the other schools, I have siblings and we are all supported by one

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