The Gauteng MEC for Education, Ms Barbara Creecy, will meet her counterpart at Community Safety, Ms Faith Mazibuko, to talk about ways of limiting learner access to police firearms.
This follows a shooting at Phineas Xulu Secondary School in Vosloorus this morning where a learner brought his metro police mother’s service pistol to school and allegedly shot dead another learner.
The grade 11 learner is alleged to have been bullied repeatedly by a grade 10 learner and two other boys who yesterday afternoon allegedly took his cap and cellphone. It is alleged that when the three boys confronted him in class this morning, he shot dead the grade 10 learner. The learner was arrested after he went home to return the pistol.
The department called the police, psycho-social counsellors as well as support from the faith-based community. Matric learners were allowed to finish their tourism examination today while learners from other grades were sent home. Counsellors will be present at the school on Wednesday and we will assess the status of the internal examinations. The matric exams, however, will be allowed to continue.
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