VIDEO: 'Ethnic clashes' disrupt learning at Rustenburg school
RUSTENBURG - Learning and teaching was halted for the second day at Boitekong Secondary School in Rustenburg on Tuesday, as clashes between Xhosa and Batswana groups continued.
"The [Tswana] boy took a panga out of his school bag instead of a cellphone and he was attacked. He bled through the mouth and fainted at the clinic," she said of the alleged attack on her son. On Tuesday, parents of Xhosa pupils from Bokamoso went to the school in a bid to protect their children. "Minister Motshekga must come to address this issue before May 8, we are not going to vote with this issued not solved. No school, no vote," said another parent Bukelwa Dwenga.
"We were surprised to see parents from Bokamoso arriving at the school armed. The meeting was to start at 9am and they arrived 15 minutes later and learning and teaching was disrupted," she said."We appeal to the department of education to provide the school with security officers and to erect a wall around the school to ensure that everyone passes through the gate and is searched."The notorious SVK, HL and Rough 4 are known gangs operating in Boitekong.
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