Basic Education probes link between religion ruling and hacking of its website
The Department of Basic Education is investigating if there is a link between the hacking of their website and a court ruling on Wednesday that state schools could not promote a single religion.The Johannesburg High Court ruled that public schools may no longer promote themselves as subscribing to a particular religion in an application brought by the Organisation for Religious Education and Democracy.The application sought to restrain six schools from partaking in 71 instances of conduct with a religious theme‚ some identified with Christianity.Department of Basic Education spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said that cyber experts were investigating the motive for the hack‚ that involved the website being plastered with gruesome pictures of decapitated corpses‚ including images of children.Before the site was pulled down‚ the hacker who claimed responsibility for the attack proclaimed loyalty for the extremist group the Islamic State (IS)."We are still trying to understand the motive of ...
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