School violence
Pupil stabbed to death by schoolmate outside FS school
Bullying appears to have been the trigger for Wednesday's stabbing.
A learner from the Kegomoditswe Primary School in Hertzogville was fatally attacked by a fellow learner during a scuffle near the school gate.
The schooling community in Gauteng has been rocked by deadly attacks involving pupils after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death, allegedly by a 14-year-old girl from a neighbouring school in Alexandra on Thursday.
It's understood the incident happened on Tuesday outside the school premises.
Police say the boy was stabbed multiple times on Tuesday.
The incident occurred at Forest Heights High School on Thursday morning.
Police said the accused stabbed to death the 14-year-old girl.
MPs were debating increasing levels of violence, drugs and sexual abuse in schools in one of two mini-plenary sittings in the National Assembly on Thursday.
Footage of the incident that occurred at Hoërskool Kempton Park last week has been shared on social media platforms.
Footage of the incident has been widely shared on social media platforms; it's unclear at when the incident took place.
It’s believed he was killed by fellow pupils after intervening in a fight at Eastwood Secondary School on Tuesday.
A grade 11 pupil from the Eastwood Secondary School in Pietermaritzburg was stabbed on Tuesday afternoon allegedly by fellow pupils after an earlier altercation.
Police conducted an inspection at schools ahead of the 2019 matric examinations.
Tshepo Mphehlo (14) was attacked with a pair of scissors by a fellow learner (15) at the Thuto-Tiro Comprehensive School on Monday in full view of his classmates.
On Tuesday, a grade nine pupil was stabbed by her schoolmate at the Reunion Secondary School in Isipingo, south of Durban.
Officers were called to the school on Tuesday after the two the girls got into a fight.
On Monday, a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death at Hillcrest Secondary School.
A grade nine pupil was stabbed with a pair of scissors by a schoolmate on Monday. A pupil has been arrested after the stabbing.