By Lebone Rodah Mosima
A devastating fire destroyed an entire classroom block earlier this week, affecting 320 learners in Grades 8 and 9 at the Riverlea Secondary School in Johannesburg.
Gauteng Education MEC, Lebogang Maile, visited the school on Wednesday and conducted a walkabout to assess the extent of the structural damage.
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Maile said that the affected learners are currently being accommodated in the school hall as the school works with the District Office on an interim arrangement.
Maile believes the school burning was deliberately carried out, arguing that this act shouldn’t be justified.
“There can be no justification to burn a school – doesn’t matter how angry people can be,” Maile said.
“We can’t and we must never try to make it appear like it’s reason enough to do something like this. It’s criminal, it’s unacceptable.”
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