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SowetanLive reports that Department of Basic Education (DBE) Minister Siviwe Gwarube says more needs to be done to rid schools of sexual predators to ensure the safety of pupils.
She pointed out that schools should be places where pupils go to learn and not be assaulted. In the Eastern Cape police are investigating the principal of Bergview College, in Matatiele, for the rape of a seven-year-old girl. In Limpopo, police are seeking assistance to apprehend a 58-year-old teacher accused of raping a 13-year-old girl on school premises between November 2024 and March this year. Speaking on Monday at the annual memorial lecture of Uyinene Mrwetyana, who was raped and murdered in 2019 at a Cape Town post office, Gwarube said: "Justice must be served. Yes, but more needs to be done to rid our schools of sexual predators. This is the work I intend on doing with the minister [of justice Mmamoloko] Kubayi to change the law so that every single person who comes [in] contact with children is vetted against [the national sexual offenders] register." Reflecting on Mrwetyana's death, Gwarube said that her death was a call for action – a moment to reflect the unacceptable high levels of violence against women and children.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Herman Moloi at SowetanLive
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