By OBAKENG MAJE
A learner from Mothelesi Secondary School in Shaleng village, near Taung, has been taken in for questioning by the police. This comes after the principal’s office and a classroom was torched on Saturday morning.
It is alleged that the learner in question, who is known to Taung DailyNews, allegedly torched the school after a fallout with the principal on Friday. According to our highly-placed source, the principal allegedly chased the learner out of school.
However, the learner threatened that he is going to burn the school.
The North West MEC for Education, Viola Motsumi, who condemned the incident said, the principal received a call from one of the learners residing near the school informing him about the fire.
“This is disturbing and I want to take this time to strongly condemn the incident. Such incidents, delay the delivery of quality education to the learners.
“This incident is going to exacerbate the infrastructural backlogs faced by the province. I want to call the law enforcement agencies to apprehend anyone behind this horrible incident,” Motsumi said.
She further said, two photocopying machines, a printer, a fridge, classroom furniture, and school files were damaged by the fire. Motsumi added, the learners who were supposed to attend extra lessons on Saturday could not attend due to the fire.
Meanwhile, the North West police spokesperson, Col Adele Myburgh said: “A case of arson and business breaking and theft is under investigation. We can confirm that a learner was taken in for questioning and no arrest has been made thus far.
“In another block, the staff room was broken into.”
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