EC education department warns pupils, teachers after 13-year-old ‘gang-raped’ in hostel

Eastern Cape department of education MEC Fundile Gade has condemned a recent incident in which three high school boys allegedly gang-raped a 13-year-old grade 8 girl in the school’s hostel.The department said the incident is said to have taken place on June 6, but was only formally reported to it on Friday.“As the department, we will always side with the victim. As such we are doing everything in our power to support the family and the victim. We are trying to speed up our investigation while methodically combing through the critical information and observing the law at the same time,” said Gade.His spokesperson, Vuyiseka Mboxela, said the matter was receiving attention from the education and health departments. “A social worker has been assigned by the department to assist…