The Committee visited Machamtsholo Junior Primary School in Port St Johns. This school was built by a community using sticks and mud in 1997 and was registered as a section 21 school under the South African Schools Act, No. 84 of 1996 by the Provincial Department of Education. It has three classrooms, accommodating four grades with total number of 105 learners and four teachers. Since the establishment of this school, no assistance was received from the Provincial Department of Education with regard to proper buildings, water supply, sanitation and electrification.