KZN Education MEC orders 26 flood affected learners to be absorbed at Addington Primary

FILE | Law enforcement authorities seen outside Addington primary school.

KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka has ordered that over 20 learners from flood affected families be absorbed at Durban’s Addington Primary School.

Altogether 26 of these learners were brought to the school in uniforms.

This is after two weeks of protests by the March and March movement and supporters of the MK Party.

The protestors were accusing the school and the department of admitting children of foreign nationals over those of South Africans.

Hlomuka has however accused the protesters of politicking.

He emphasised that the absorption of these learners is an extraordinary measure and won’t be repeated.

[WATCH] KZN Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka says he will deal decisively with those who disrupt learning and teaching. This was his first visit at Addington Primary School since protests erupted outside the school #sabcnews #UpdateAtNoon pic.twitter.com/bVx4oprc5t

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