Rising scourge of violence in SA schools a concern for authorities


Violence at schools is on the rise. Photo: Supplied

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Violence is on the rise in South African schools, with many reports of pupils stabbing fellow learners to death.

In the latest incident, the Free State education department reported that a Grade 11 pupil from Kaelang Secondary School was stabbed to death in an alleged gang-related feud on Tuesday.

READ: Violence in schools is everyone’s problem

There are four pupils who died at the hands of other pupils in the last three months alone.

In September, a Grade 11 pupil from General Smuts High School in Vereeniging, Gauteng, was stabbed to death by another pupil.

Then, in October, a Grade 10 pupil from Mayville Secondary School in…

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