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.

Students as young as seven have been making the crossing for two months since the community's boat was stolen.

"There are about 70 households on that side of the river but there are no buses and no-one owns a car," a Kwazulu-Natal local councillor said.

To cross safely would require a 20km (12 miles) detour to get to the school.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7316081.stm

Africa is a jungle for real

I was reading this, the village boat has been stolen
That is the root of the problem, how is shameful