News24.com | Violent protests erupt in Sebokeng after pupil killed, another wounded in stabbings

Dinokaneng Secondary School. (PHOTO: Google© Streetview, Google Maps, taken 2010, accessed 2022.)

• Pupils at Dinokaneng Secondary School in Sebokeng were sent home on Friday amid protests in the area.
• The protests erupted after a pupil was killed in suspected gang violence on Thursday.
• A second boy was wounded in a stabbing on Wednesday.

Pupils at a school in Sebokeng, Gauteng were sent home on Friday after violent protests erupted over the stabbing of two boys in suspected gang violence this week.

Dinokaneng Secondary School pupils were sent home after residents stoned buses and blocked off roads. The protests followed the death of one boy and the hospitalisation of another in two separate incidents.

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Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane said the Grade 10 pupil from Dinokaneng Secondary School was killed in Westside Park, Sebokeng, on Thursday, allegedly by a fellow pupil.

Chiloane said: "According to information at our disposal, the incident is alleged to have occurred after school outside the school premises, and it is also alleged that he was stabbed by a fellow learner. The learner was subsequently rushed to Sebokeng Hospital, where he was unfortunately declared dead on arrival. "

A day earlier, on Wednesday, a Grade 11 boy from the same school was stabbed during a fight at a local sports ground late at night. He was hospitalised after the stabbing.

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"It is alleged that these incidents are linked to the rampant gangsterism in the area," said Chiloane.

Chiloane added that a psycho-social support team would be sent to the school on Monday to provide trauma support and counselling. He was also expected to visit the school on Monday.

"We mourn the untimely death of one of our learners. Indeed, we are deeply hurt and concerned by the occurrence of gangsterism, which shortens the lives of our learners and jeopardises their future. We wish to extend our sincerest condolences to the family and school community at large," said Chiloane.