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SRK Consulting 15only public post boxes and a few public telephones. Electricity is supplied by ESKOM andparticipating households use a pre-paid card system. Sport and recreational facilities seemnon-existent apart from makeshift soccer fields.Boreholes, some of which were provided (and are serviced) by PPRust, mainly supply thevillages. Existing water reticulation systems are under severe strain, especially in Ga-Pukawhere frequently households have to fetch water from Ga-Sekhaolelo or buy water locally.The project area has two secondary schools and three primary schools (Table 3.4.1). TheSeritarita Secondary School has been “adopted” by PPRust and receives financial supportfrom the mine.The project area falls within the Mapela circuit; one of five circuits under the MahhwelerengEducation District. Ga-Puka and Ga-Sekhaolelo communities share Seritarita and MphunyeSecondary schools, as well as the Cornelius Masebe Primary School.Table 3.4.1: School Facilities in Mohlotlo Ward (Overysel-Zwartfontein combined)School Name Pupils Educators FacilitiesMphunye Secondary School 460 13 Classrooms: 15 Water and electricity Pit latrines FencedCornelius Masebe Primary 402 11 Classrooms: 16School Water and electricity Pit latrines FencedSeritarita Secondary School 786 22 Classrooms: 17 Water and electricity(Adopted by PPRust) Pit latrines FencedJacob Puka Primary School 300 8 Classrooms: 8 (4 shacks) Electricity but no water No fencing, no toiletsJan Malebana Primary325 9 7 classrooms (1 shack)School Electricity but no water Pit latrines, not fencingSource: Mapela Circuit manager – personal communicationResidents of the affected villages use the Mapela and Phafola clinics, while a mobile clinicvisits the villages every two weeks. The nearest hospital is the George Masebe Hospital inBakenberg and the nearest police station is at ‘Tin Myne’ on the Marken road. The followingreligious denominations are present in the study area: the Dutch Reformed Church, RomanCatholic Church, Assembly of God, and the Zion Christian Church (ZCC).BOENG:\347793 Mokgalekwena 2010\7Reports\Draft EIR\SRK website - electronic upload\Appendices\Appendix I3_Socio economicreport\PPRust SIA Final (Rev-1).doc June 2002