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An empty exam room.
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Basic Education is investigating the discovery of animal remains at Glenhaven Secondary School in Verulam, north of Durban.
It is alleged that a large group of congregants held an Easter celebration on the school premises, leaving the facility in a poor condition.
Images show animal remains and flies inside classrooms.
The incident has raised concerns about the rental of school property for external use.
Department spokesperson Mlu Mtshali says the matter is under investigation.
“We have made an inquiry to the school, specifically that event to see how we can avoid things like that or incidents like that happening to our schools going forward. When the DOE decided schools must be managed through SGBs and those SGBs should be part of those decisions in terms of what qualifies as a legitimate revenue generation programme for a school,” said Mtshali.
In a separate matter, KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Public Works and Infrastructure Martin Meyer says a report into the use of a sports field at Havenpark Secondary School in Phoenix has been finalised.
It is alleged that the field has been used as a depot for trucks and buses during school hours.
Meyer says the report will be made public.
“So that report has been finalised. Once I’ve studied that report, we will make that report available to the public as well because clearly this matter is in the public interest and once we release it to the media and public for scrutiny and what our findings was and if there are going to be any corrective measures and what those will be,” said Meyer. – Reporting by Taresh Harreepershad and Sareshen Pillay.
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