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IOL News reports that a group of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) teachers were traumatised after they were robbed of their personal belongings and forced to transfer money through their cell phones to criminals.
The KZN department of education said armed gunmen stormed Mukelani Primary School in KwaMashu on Tuesday. “According to reports, a group of criminals stormed the school premises, accosted and robbed the teachers of their personal belongings. They also forced them to transfer money from their accounts under duress,” the education department’s Muzi Mahlambi reported. He said the department strongly condemned this “deplorable act”. KZN education MEC Sipho Hlomuka said they would continue to monitor the situation closely and provide updates as more information become available. “As a department, we strongly condemn these criminal acts, preying on soft targets, our educators, who are hard at work in moulding ideal citizens,” he added. Measures are being put in place to enhance policing at Mukelani Primary School and other schools in the region to prevent such incidents from recurring. The department said it was working closely with law enforcement authorities to ensure that those responsible were brought to justice.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jolene Marriah-Maharaj at IOL News
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