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Department of Basic Education, 31 July 2014 Minister of Basic Education condemns destruction School property burned down in Kuruman region, Northern Cape The Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga has condemned the burning down of school property in the Kuruman region of the Northern Cape. Administration blocks of some schools have been set alight in the past two months. It is suspected that this arson is connected to the protests in the area that have prevented learners from 54 schools attending class since June 5th this year. "Preventing learners from their right to an education and malicious destruction to infrastructure cannot be tolerated," said Motshekga. The protesters are perpetuating a culture of fear and anarchy in the community, despite the provincial government's positive response to the issues the protesters have raised. The Northern Cape Provincial Government has committed to addressing their demands and yet our children are still being denied access to schools. Provincial education authorities have laid charges with the SAPS and we are confident arrests will follow as this situation cannot be allowed to continue. "The issues being raised have absolutely nothing to do with education and we call upon the protesters to allow learning and teaching to take place without any further delay. Learners cannot continue to be used as bargaining chips in a situation that could have an extremely negative effect on their future," said Motshekga. The province have provided a detailed catch-up and recovery plan for all schools if learners are permitted return and normal teaching and learning is able to take place. Issued by: Department of Basic Education <http://www.education.gov.za/> Enquiries: Troy Martens: 079 899 3070 Elijah Mhlanga: 083 580 8275 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
