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Pupil stabbed to death at Pimville school
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi in a statement on Friday morning said that he was disheartened by the news of the incident, which took place at...
A video showing pupils in school uniform smoking what is believed to be marijuana made the rounds last week Wednesday.
The family of a teenager who was allegedly beaten to death at an East Rand school has rejected the school’s account of the incident that claimed his life.
The learner was allegedly assaulted by a teacher and general assistant during an apparent altercation between groups of pupils from two schools.
The MEC has condemned the behaviour displayed by parents last week which resulted in the police firing stun grenades and rubber bullets.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi met with parents from the school on Sunday where he pledged his commitment to ridding classrooms of a racial divide.
This follows a protest where community members and pupils vented their frustration over how the school was being run and its apparent lack of response when it came to complaints.
Tensions ran high outside the high school on Monday morning over allegations of racism at the school.
Family and friends gathered on Saturday to bid farewell to the educator at a funeral service at the Hope Restoration Ministries in Edenvale.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that she knew and had previously met Thembisile Ngendane during a visit to the Tembisa school.
The educator was shot dead in the school driveway on Friday.
Thembisile Ngendane was shot dead while driving out of the school gates in the East of Johannesburg last week.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said that all grade 1 and 8 pupils whose parents applied online but were not allocated space at schools, should be placed in a classroom by Friday.
The Department of Education said there are still 126 schools with available spots for children to be enrolled in, but parents don't prefer those schools.
It's alleged that three men abducted the grade 5 pupil in a Toyota Yaris at gunpoint on Wednesday morning while she was waiting for her turn to go through COVID-19 screening at the gate of EP Baumann Primary School in Johannesburg.
Pupils have had to contend with the realities of the pandemic including hybrid learning, loss of staff to COVID-19 and adhering to safety measures for months.
Police are investigating the exact circumstances but initial probes have revealed that she was strangled and then stabbed to death.
Qayiya Mgaye was killed, allegedly by a fellow pupil, at the Pholosho Secondary School in Alexandra on Monday.
Grade 12 pupils were supposed to write the paper on Monday afternoon but had to write it out in the open because curtains, a projector screen and electrical wiring in the school hall were torched.