Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane

One Learner Dead, Five Injured After Wall Falls at Gauteng School Lerutle Primary School

One Learner Dead, Five Injured After Wall Falls at Gauteng School

A Grade 3 learner has died, and five others were injured after a wall collapsed…

Two Learners Killed in Gauteng School Stabbings
Two Learners Killed in Gauteng School Stabbings

Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has expressed deep anguish following two separate incidents in which…

Manwoba Mnisi at Bernard Isaacs Primary School in Coronationville
MEC Chiloane Orders Independent Probe Into Pupil Death, Scholar Buses to Resume

The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) is in the process of appointing an independent investigative…

Two Teenagers Killed and Five Injured in Sophiatown School Shooting

Two teenagers have died and five others are recovering in hospital following a shooting incident…

Wave of School Tragedies Rocks Gauteng, MEC Chiloane Calls for Action

The Gauteng education system is reeling from a series of tragic incidents that have left two learners dead and eight others traumatised following sexual assault, prompting renewed concern over violence and safety in South African schools. On Tuesday morning, a Grade 8 learner at Qalabotjha Secondary School in Vlakfontein, Johannesburg South, collapsed and died before emergency services could attend to her. Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane confirmed the girl passed away on school grounds despite swift intervention from police and…

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