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- A student from Folweni High School died after being stabbed, allegedly by a classmate.
- Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu visited the school in Umlazi district on Monday.
- According to Mshengu, the situation at the school is “volatile”.
A high school student in Folweni, KwaZulu-Natal, died after he was stabbed, allegedly by a schoolmate, the education department confirmed.
Following the incident, KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu visited the secondary school in Umlazi district on Monday.
“We visited Folweni High to deal with the situation, where students have been categorized into different gangster groups [sic]”Mshengu said.
“The situation has become really unstable at the school, because recently a student at the school killed a former student,” he added.
He said that most of the school’s pupils can no longer attend school because they belong to different gangs. They are afraid to come to school because they are being threatened.
Mshengu described the situation as “volatile”.
“Our schools will not be schools for people who have decided that coming to school is not for teaching and learning purposes, but for criminal activities,” Mshengu said.
The department met with some of the students who have joined the gangs.
They asked the students to leave school and go back to their parents.
“We want a commitment from parents that if their children do something that is against the code of conduct, the school will not hesitate to expel their children.
“We don’t want a situation where [the] most of the students attend out of fear, and even the teachers are no longer sure. “
