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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Children keep paying the price for US fanaticism over guns

By Haji Mohamed Dawjee

We cannot allow ourselves to get used to a fire whose embers will simply not be allowed to turn to dead ash, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.

  • Law enforcement officers speak together outside of Robb Elementary School following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.  Picture: AFP.

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    77 days ago
  • Rescues services and police are seen in front of the building of the Lloyd Gymnasium, a secondary school in Bremerhaven, northern Germany on May 19, 2022, after shots were fired at the school. Picture: Sina Schuldt / DPA / AFP

    Germany school shooting injures one, suspect arrested

    The incident happened at the Lloyd Gymnasium in the port city of Bremerhaven.

    85 days ago
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    Three people killed in two shootings at US schools

    Two agents, a campus law enforcement officer and a campus safety officer, were shot before the suspect fled the scene at the college in Virginia, Virginia State Police said in a statement on Twitter.

    191 days ago
  • Phomolong Secondary mourns deputy principal’s death

    Pupils and staff at Phomolong Secondary School in Tembisa are mourning the death of deputy principal Thembisile Ngendane. Ngendane was gunned down at the school on 21 January 2022. Government officials visited the school and family on 24 January 2022.

    200 days ago
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    Minister Motshekga condemns murder of Philippi teacher

    Thulani Manqoyi was shot dead while sitting in his car in the parking lot of Heinz Park Primary School on Tuesday morning.

    323 days ago
  • Thulani Manqoyi. Picture: Supplied

    Family of slain CT teacher pleads for info to get assailants arrested

    Nobuhle Manqoyi has pleaded with anyone who has information that could put her brother's attackers behind bars to come forward.

    323 days ago
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    Samora Machel CPF worried about gun violence at schools

    Thulani Manqoyi was shot dead while sitting in his car in the parking lot of Heinz Park Primary on Tuesday morning.

    324 days ago
  • Thulani Manqoyi. Picture: Supplied

    Heinz Park Primary still in shock after teacher shot dead

    Thulani Manqoyi was shot several times while sitting in his car in the parking lot of Heinz Park Primary on Tuesday morning.

    324 days ago
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    Teacher shot dead outside Cape Town school

    The shooting happened at Heinz Park Primary earlier on Tuesday morning.

    325 days ago
  • The principal of Buyani Primary School in Finetown was shot and killed on school premises on 18 June 2021. Picture: Gauteng Department of Education.

    Buyani Primary's teachers & pupils receiving counselling after principal killed

    The people responsible for the shooting are still at large and the motive for the killing is not yet known.

    417 days ago
  • Buyani Primary’s principal shot dead on school premises

    A principal has been shot and killed at Buyani Primary School in Finetown, South of Johannesburg, on 18 June 2021. Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi visited the school where learners were sent home following the tragic incident. Gauteng Department of Education spokesperson Steve Mabona confirmed that the shooting was not the first in the area, saying two other educators had been gunned down recently.

    420 days ago
  • FILE: MEC for Education in Gauteng Panyaza Lesufi visited the Buyani Primary School in Finetown on 18 June 2021 after the principal was shot and killed on the school premises. Picture: Gauteng Department of Education. Picture: Supplied.

    Lesufi believes the killing of Finetown school principal was a hit

    The principal - who has now been identified as Lazarus Baloyi - was shot dead on the school premises on Friday morning.

    420 days ago
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    School principal shot dead at Finetown school

    It's understood that the shooting happened at Buyani Primary in Finetown on Friday morning.

    420 days ago
  • Law enforcement officers and ambulances are seen at the scene of a shooting at School No. 175 in Kazan, the capital of Russia's republic of Tatarstan, on 11 May 2021. Picture: Roman Kruchinin/AFP

    At least 9 dead in Russian high school shooting: news agencies

    News agencies reported that two unidentified people had carried out the shooting and one, a 17-year-old, had been detained.

    458 days ago
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    At least 5 wounded after shooting at California high school - officials

    A suspect described as a male Asian in black clothing was still at large, the Santa Clarita Valley sheriff said on Twitter.

    1002 days ago
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    3 teens arrested after shooting at Lenasia high school

    Two pupils were shot and wounded when a firearm went off while one of the teenagers was apparently playing with it.

    1123 days ago
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    Two students arrested in Colorado school shooting make first appearance

    Douglas County District Judge Theresa Slade, who presided over both proceedings, ordered the two suspects to remain held without bond pending their next court hearings, set for Friday, when formal charges are expected to be filed.

    1191 days ago
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    Man shot outside JHB primary school

    It is understood the victim had been picking up a pupil when the shooting occurred.

    1215 days ago
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