A visit to the filthy, stinky hall of sex, drugs and alcohol

 

A few metres from Mphuthe Junior Secondary School in Letlhakeng village, lies a dilapidated and abandoned multipurpose hall.

Students do not only use this abandoned multipurpose hall as hiding spot and a drinking hole, but the place is also used as a love nest where sex is the order of each passing day. In general, it is place the students choose to go gather when they do not feel like attending lessons.

As reports within the village suggest, the school-going children would leave their homes well-dressed in their uniforms, while in fact tricking their parents into thinking that they are going to school when in fact they would be

going to the hall of shame.

The situation is made worse by the double shift that was introduced when Covid-19 infections were at their highest in the country.

What happens is when the morning shift students are released to go home around 1200hrs, they meet with those that are supposed to be in class for the afternoon session, and then go into the hall leading to the second group not making it to school.

Sadly, this is one of the reasons why teenage pregnancy is very high in the area and students’ school performance is on a terrible decline every year.

Statistics received from Kweneng West District Health Management Team reveal that from April 2021 to March 31st 2022, 200 teenage girls fell pregnant in the area.

From April last year until now, the district has recorded 150 teenage pregnancy cases, chances are that the numbers will have increased by the end of this month.

According to the worried Letlhakeng community, the dilapidated hall is in what used to be the village showground but was abandoned when government decided that a hospital be built at the grounds instead.

However, many years later, that has not happened. The place is now in a deplorable condition. Windows and doors are broken. The roofing has fallen to the ground and the place stinks!

When The Midweek Sun visited the place, human faeces could be spotted in some of the rooms that make part of the hall and a lot of garbage littered the floor.

Letlhakeng District Council Chairman Anderson Molebogi Mathibe is aware of the hall’s appalling condition.

Speaking to this publication, the council chairman said they are busy trying to find ways of utilising the hall so that it does not become a crime spot.

Mathibe said that the hall was built with thousands of pula and the intention is not to allow government funds go to waste.

“I recently went there and saw the bad state that it is in and yes it is true, students do all sorts of things there, they drink and do drugs there.

“We are worried and intend to do all we can to ensure that the situation is remedied. I will speak to the Village Development Committee soon,” he said.

He also confirmed that indeed the intention was to build a hospital on the showgrounds but due to lack of funds government kept postponing the project to this day.

However, they are happy because it seems the project is likely to take off during the 2023/2024 financial year.