After Avethandwa: Basic education department to review excursions outside school hours
27 May 2021
Drowned: Avethandwa Nokhangela was not on an official school outing when she drowned, but the education department said it needs to review the role of third parties in school-related activities that take place during school holidays
The basic education department says that it is looking at reviewing the role of third parties in school-related activities that take place outside normal school hours.
This comes after the death of Avethandwa Nokhangela,15, who drowned at sea at the end of April, during school holidays, while attending an Equal Education (EE) leadership camp at Palm Springs Resort outside East London in the Eastern Cape. She was a grade 10 learner at Xolani High School in Qonce.
Eastern Cape teenager drowns during an Equal Education leadership camp
A 15-year-old attending a leadership camp organised by Equal Education (EE) drowned off a beach near East London last week. The camp was held at Palm Springs Resort and no lifeguards were present. A notice board warned of rip currents.
Avethandwa Nokhangela was a grade 10 learner at Xolani High School in Qonce (previously called King William’s Town).
Equal Education’s general secretary, Noncedo Madubedube, said in a statement that 30 learners, who are members of the organisation, from 19 schools in the province and that they were accompanied by 10 staff members.