Motshekga addresses vandalism and student pregnancy
Basic education minister asks for school vandalism to be criminalised and to end discrimination against pregnant school girls, citing "sugar daddies syndrome"
Cabinet will soon be asked to approve the criminalisation of vandalism in schools in a bid to curb the destruction of public property and theft, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Monday. Last year, at least 30 schools in Limpopo’s Vuwani area were damaged as a drawn-out protest by residents against the creation of a new municipality turned violent. Elsewhere across SA computers and other school equipment are frequently reported stolen from unguarded premises, especially in townships and rural areas. Motshekga said it was becoming common in certain provinces to burn schools during service delivery protests and this was harming the education sector. "Schools are assets for communities," said Motshekga, speaking to the media following a lekgotla with the Council of Education Ministers (CEM), made up of provincial education members of the executive committee, along with the minister and her deputy. Motshekga said the council had also looked at the national policy on the p...
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