SowetanLive reports that the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) education department is reeling from shock following the death of the principal of the Maria Trot Junior Primary School in the Ugu district.

According to a statement by the department, the principal and his wife were shot dead by unknown gunmen at their home on Friday. The incident comes after the death of Thembisile Ngendane, a deputy principal at Phomolong Secondary School in Tembisa, who was shot dead in front of the school’s gates. In yet another incident, a teacher from Setjhaba Semaketse Secondary School in Botshabelo, Free State, was allegedly violently attacked by a Grade 11 learner and her parents. KZN education MEC Kwazi Mshengu condemned the murdering of educators as cowardly and added: “The teaching profession is a noble one that must be protected and respected at all times.” Mshengu called on police and other relevant security agencies to ensure that the culprits were apprehended through a careful and speedy investigation and brought to justice.

• Read the original of the report in the above regard by Yoliswa Sobuwa at SowetanLive
• Read too, Gunmen shoot KZN principal, wife dead at home, at News24
• And also, KZN education MEC condemns murder of South Coast principal and his wife, at The Mercury

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