Education MEC to visit Soweto school after stabbing
Gauteng's MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi will visit the primary school in Pimville, where a teacher stabbed the head master several times.
According to departmental spokesperson, Oupa Bodibe, the teacher was earlier sacked by the school. He then attacked the principal with a knife.
"We are shocked at this incident and we expect the criminal justice system to prevail," Bodibe says.
He adds that the department is trying to cause as little disruptions as possible to the final exams currently underway at the school.
"The MEC will meet with the school management team today. He will also visit the principal in hospital," Bodibe said.
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Police have confirmed that the suspect will appear in the Protea Magistrate's Court on charges of attempted murder and malicious damage to property.
"We will be appearing in court tomorrow," police spokesperson Kay Makhubela says.
The Department of Basic Education has also provided learners and teachers with counselling following the incident.