{"id":916306,"date":"2022-01-14T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/14\/parliament-condemns-shooting-at-gauteng-schools\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T16:11:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T16:11:00","slug":"parliament-condemns-shooting-at-gauteng-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/14\/parliament-condemns-shooting-at-gauteng-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament condemns shooting at Gauteng schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/c6fd1848-5862-5128-8a41-748b7bfa6dbb&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=94x0&#038;resize=772x434.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div><!--sse--><\/p>\n<p>Johannesburg &#8211; Parliament\u2019s basic education portfolio committee on Friday condemned the shooting incidents that resulted in the death of two pupils and a general assistant in Gauteng in the first week of re-opening of school.<\/p>\n<p>Committee chairperson Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba said in a statement she noted reports that a 16-year-old pupil from Daveyton was shot dead by a classmate during an argument on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>According to media reports, the Gauteng Education Department confirmed that the grade 10 pupils from Lesiba Secondary School were arguing outside the school premises during school hours.<\/p>\n<p>It was also reported that during the argument one pupil fatally shot the other in the head, before fatally turning the gun on himself.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate incident, a 49-year-old general assistant from Kwa-Phalo Primary School in Soweto was allegedly shot on the school premises on Thursday morning. Mbinqo-Gigaba said the incidents were a tragic start to the school year. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedArticlescss__StyledRelatedArticles-sc-10g88yu-0 ezIKFV\">\n<h2><span>MORE ON THIS<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cLearners should not be able to access firearms, let alone use it to destroy themselves. My condolences go to the families and friends of both learners.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I appeal to learners to refrain from acts of violence, and to find better ways instead to deal with conflict,\u201d Mbinqo-Gigaba said.<\/p>\n<p>She called on the law enforcement authorities to ensure that the Soweto incident, where a general assistant was shot at school, was dealt with effectively and speedily. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI appeal to education authorities to provide the necessary psycho-social support to the school communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence has no place in our schools; in fact, our schools are deemed safe spaces for all,\u201d Mbinqo-Gigaba said.<\/p>\n<p>[email&nbsp;protected]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-25978fc227be99c3e86265e64293b3f9\">Political Bureau <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--\/sse--><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg &#8211; Parliament\u2019s basic education portfolio committee on Friday condemned the shooting incidents that resulted in the death of two pupils and a general assistant in Gauteng in the first week of re-opening of school. Committee chairperson Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba said in a statement she noted reports that a 16-year-old pupil from Daveyton was shot dead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}