Four classrooms and a resource centre at a school went up in smoke on Sunday.
Two people have been arrested for arson and burglary.
The Eastern Cape education department said the damage amounted to R113 477.
Two individuals, one of which is a pupil, have been arrested by the Eastern Cape police for breaking into Wilson Mayekiso Junior Secondary School in Tsomo.
They stole food which was meant to feed learners, after which the school building was set alight.
The fire destroyed four classrooms and a resource centre.
The Eastern Cape education department said the damage caused by the fire amounted to R113 477.
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Three people have been arrested for the Saturday murders of three initiates in Jojweni Village in Tsomo in the Eastern Cape.
The initiates were found fatally wounded with gunshot wounds on their upper bodies inside a hut on Saturday.
Police announced the arrest as a major breakthrough in the investigation by the police task team assembled to investigate the murders.
Three suspects appeared briefly at the Tsomo Magistrate s Court on Wednesday for the murders of three initiates in Jojweni Village in Tsomo in the Eastern Cape on Saturday.
Eastern Cape police spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni said the case was postponed to 14 January for a bail application.
Eastern Cape initiates’ murder case postponed to 14 January News24 Wire Three suspects were arrested on Monday at Jojweni and Tsomo on Tuesday respectively.
Three suspects appeared briefly at the Tsomo Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for the murders of three initiates in Jojweni Village in Tsomo in the Eastern Cape on Saturday.
Eastern Cape police spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni said the case was postponed to 14 January for a bail application.
The initiates, between 19 and 20-years-old, were found with gunshot wounds to their upper bodies on Saturday at about 08:00 inside a traditional initiation hut ( ibhoma ).
On Wednesday, the police announced the arrest as a major breakthrough in the investigation by the police task team assembled to investigate the murders.