Police are investigating the alleged rape of three special needs schoolgirls from Qonce by three of their peers during a recent school trip to Gqeberha.
The department of education MEC Fundile Gade visited Dale College Boy's Primary School to offer condolences to the school community after the tragic loss of two grade 6 pupils in a car accident on the N2 near Berlin on Tuesday.
Tragedy has again struck the Dale school community with the death of two primary school pupils in a crash on the N2 on Tuesday afternoon. The Dale Junior U13 hockey team was travelling from East London after playing a match against Stirling Primary when the driver lost control of the vehicle. Twelve pupils were critically injured, and have been transported to hospitals in East London and Mdantsane.
The provincial education department contributed R100,000 towards the burial of slain Mgezwa Senior Secondary teacher Aphiwe Qaba in Lusikisiki and promised to employ his widow who is a qualified unemployed teacher and mother of their 18-month baby girl. Commitment was made that in memory of Qaba, 27, a classroom at the school would be named after him and the school would seek to achieve a 100% matric pass.
Taxi drivers barricaded the N2 on both sides of Dutywa, holding up traffic for about 12 hours on Friday to protest what they claim is an “industry monopoly” by bus company Intercape. Schools, supermarkets, banks and government departments in Dutywa were closed because of the protest and some road users were stuck on the N2 from 2am.