Crocodile crossing for SA pupils: A South African village is demanding that a bridge be built across a crocodile-infested river to stop children swimming it to get to school. [...]
To cross safely would require a 20km (12 miles) detour to get to the school.
On school days, 150 children from Sahlumbe village in the heart of rural Zululand swim across the river in their underwear using rubber tyres and buckets to keep afloat and to keep their school uniforms and books dry.
The older ones help the small ones who cling to the tyres.
"I worry all the time. There are dangerous animals in there, especially crocodiles," says Thuthukani Primary School headmistress Hlengiwe Mthembu.
