
Hoerskool driehoek
Solidarity vs BLF: Hoërskool Driehoek case postponed
The case between Solidarity and the Black First Land First (BLF) has been postponed to 17 September 2019. Solidarity took the BLF to court for hate speech after...
The MEC has also confirmed that his department received three reports on the investigation into the deadly collapse that will be made public soon.
Several families of pupils who were affected by the Driehoek walkway collapse have slapped the Education Department with lawsuits, seeking compensation for the trauma and medical bills among other things.
Four pupils were killed and about 20 others injured when the structure came crashing down in February while pupils were making their way to class.
Schooling has resumed this morning after a section of the premises was declared safe.
On Friday, Motshekga attended the funerals of some of the pupils who were killed when the walkway bridge collapsed last week.
Twelve other pupils are still being treated for their injuries at various hospitals.
A teacher at Valhalla Primary School is accused of sexually abusing at least 23 young girls while four pupils died in Hoërskool Driehoek walkway collapse.
Andile Mngximata has defended spokesperson Lindsay Maasdorp's comments on the Hoerskool Driehoek tragedy which claimed the lives of four pupils and injured more than 20.
Hoërskool Driehoek in Vanderbijlpark will re-open on Monday following preliminary investigations into the walkway collapse that claimed 4 lives and injured 23 others.
BLF leader Andile Mngxitama says his party stands with its spokesperson Lindsay Maasdorp who made insensitive and racist comments following Hoërskool Driehoek deaths.
Roydon Olckers (17), Jandré Steyn (13) and Marli Currie (13) died on scene when a walkway at Hoërskool Driehoek collapsed on Friday, while Marnus Nagel (16) succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
Learning was suspended after four pupils were killed in a structural collapse at the Vanderbijlpark school on Friday.
Flowers, candles and messages lined the fence outside Hoërskool Driehoek with members of the community also coming to pay their respects to the four children who died following a walkway collapse.
More than 20 other pupils were injured when the structure caved in on Friday morning, prompting the closure of the school and a swift investigation.
Solly Msimanga spent time looking at the tributes and reading some of the messages on the remembrance wall at Hoërskool Driehoek.
TalK Radio 702's Bongani Bingwa interviews Hein Knoetze, principal of Hoërskool Driehoek, following the walkway collapse at the school which led to the death of 4 pupils.
The walkway caved in at the school on Friday while the teenagers were making their way to class after assembly, claiming four lives and leaving 20 others injured.
The BLF has been reported to the Human Rights Commission over the comments on social media.