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FILE: Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga. Picture: GCIS.

School vandalism

Motshekga calls for strict rules for scrap metal sector to curb school vandalism

By Mia Lindeque

Each year, schools have to bear the brunt of criminals stealing and damaging school infrastructure during the holidays so they can resell the items.

  • FILE: Tirelong Secondary has been vandalised at least five times, with the most recent incident seeing the school robbed of electric cables, taps, roofing, books, window frames and doors. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Govt officials to visit Kroondal after protests at Tirelong Secondary School

    The community there protested on Wednesday and rejected government’s plans to relocate learners from the school, which was severely vandalised over the December break.

    209 days ago
  • FILE: Tirelong Secondary has been vandalised at least five times, with the most recent incident seeing the school robbed of electric cables, taps, roofing, books, window frames and doors. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Parents, pupils of vandalised NW school reject government's relocation plan

    The school has been vandalised at least five times, with the most recent incident seeing the school robbed of electric cables, taps, roofing, books, window frames and doors.

    209 days ago
  • FILE: Department of Basic Education’s director general Mathanzima Mweli at the announcement of the results of the 2020 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations on 22 February 2021 in Pretoria. Picture: GCIS.

    57 schools in Gauteng vandalised or affected by harsh weather over holidays

    The department's Director-General Mathanzima Mweli said most schools are ready to welcome children back from the December holidays.

    211 days ago
  • FILE: A security guard at a Manenberg school was killed just over a week ago when robbers raided the facility. Picture: Carmel Loggenberg/EWN

    38 Western Cape schools fell prey to criminals during July break

    Suspects ransacked facilities of IT equipment, food, sports equipment, fencing, stationery, and more.

    374 days ago
  • FILE: EWN

    Fears some KZN schools may not re-open after 32 schools vandalised

    Naptosa said it had received advice from the Education Department to guard schools that needed food supply for children's feeding scheme programmes.

    390 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Several Ekurhuleni residents arrested for torching primary school

    The incident occurred during a protest where the community demanded a brick and mortar building instead of the prefabricated mobile classrooms.

    657 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape MEC for Education Debbie Schafer. Picture: Cindy Archillies/Eyewitness News

    WCED will not prioritise vandalised schools over others, says MEC Schäfer

    A classroom and library at Marconi Beam Primary in Milnerton were set alight on Monday night. And the school hall at Sinenjongo High School in Joe Slovo was torched the following evening.

    748 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN.

    Few schools in Gauteng facing problems with delivery of PPEs - Lesufi

    Plans are being rolled out in a bid to safeguard schools against the spread of COVID-19, with measures to ensure screening, sanitising, and social distancing could be implemented.

    807 days ago
  • FILE: Justice Minister Ronald Lamola at an inter-ministerial briefing on the coronavirus in Pretoria on 13 March 2020. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    KZN Education MEC wants Lamola to step in and speed up school vandalism cases

    KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu said a total of 225 schools were vandalised since the start of the nationwide lockdown.

    832 days ago
  • Joe Slovo Engineering High Principal in Khayelitsha had severe vandalism over the past two weeks. Picture: Carmel Loggenberg/EWN

    OMRY MAKGOALE: COVID-19 rules, burnt schools - black people, we must do better

    The coronavirus has reminded us of our inequalities, but we still aren't doing what's right as black people, writes Omry Makgoale.

    840 days ago
  • Chalk and a blackboard duster in the refurbished Samson Senior Primary School in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    WC records 63 incidents of burglary, vandalism of schools during lockdown

    The Western Cape Education Department's Bronagh Hammond said that included in the list of stolen items were electricity cables, computer equipment, fencing, garden tools and security gates.

    842 days ago
  • The Soshanguve High School in Pretoria following a fire in the administration block. Picture: @Lesufi/Twitter

    Dept worried damage to schools will delay lockdown recovery plan in some areas

    The department said at least 402 schools across several provinces have been targeted by arsonists or were vandalised and burgled.

    844 days ago
  • Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga at a media briefing on 16 March 2020 on plans by government to curb the spread of the coronavirus in South Africa. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    DBE warns public not to buy stolen items from burgled schools

    Vandals, burglars, and arsonists have committed crimes during the state of disaster with over 180 schools targeted since the start of the national shut down.

    848 days ago
  • FILE: Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN.

    183 schools burgled across SA during lockdown - Motshekga

    Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said she was 'horrified' after it emerged that 183 schools had been burgled since the lockdown came into effect on 27 March.

    848 days ago
  • The Soshanguve High School in Pretoria following a fire in the administration block. Picture: @Lesufi/Twitter

    55 schools burgled in Gauteng since start of coronavirus lockdown

    It's understood valuable equipment and school nutrition groceries are among the items targeted in the crimes.

    850 days ago
  • Toilets at Alpine Primary School in Mitchells Plain were destroyed by burglars. The school governing body said they wanted the school fixed or replaced so that learners could return to classes. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN

    Mitchells Plain’s Alpine Primary School targeted by burglars again

    Angry parents demanded urgent repairs be done so that schooling could continue. Some parents kept their children out of class.

    931 days ago
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    School near Pinetown allegedly set alight by students unhappy with report cards

    The department’s Kwazi Mthethwa said sections of Zwelinjani Secondary were set alight after reports were issued to pupils who felt they were marked unfairly.

    979 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi briefs the media on 1 November 2018. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Security to be increased at Gauteng schools during holidays - Lesufi

    Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said schools were prone to vandalism and break-ins during the festive season.

    980 days ago
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