The deaths of 14 pupils and four teachers in Gauteng since the start of the year has taken an emotional toll on him, provincial education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said on Friday.
He was speaking at a memorial service for Kelebogile Reuben Molopyane, a grade 10 pupil who died after allegedly falling from the second floor at Ferndale High School in Johannesburg.
Molopyane's grandmother could not contain her emotions as she took to the podium to speak about his death which she learnt about on television.
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