Cape Town – The rush for bargains on school stationery is well under way, as supermarkets are still overflowing with parents and their children gearing up for the first day of school next week.
The Cape Times observed parents spending no less than R1 000 on a small basket of stationery items on Monday.
The stationery list for a pupil starting Grade 5 includes exercise books, four 43g Pritts, Prestik, a ream of photocopy paper, files, scissors, an eraser, a sharpener, an English dictionary and drawing boards.
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