\u201cIt\u2019s a full-blown colour war.\u201d This was all Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi could say to describe the crisis paralysing Roodepoort Primary School.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the row over his appointment of Nomathemba Molefe as principal spilt over into a fist fight between angry parents from the mostly coloured community and a black official from the Gauteng Department of Education.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Lesufi had vowed to close down the school permanently if teachers continued to be threatened with violence by parents. <\/p>\n
Black teachers have stayed away from school for a week, unprepared to subject themselves to either the intimidation or the risk to their lives. The school has already been shut down twice.<\/p>\n
Given an ultimatum to return on Tuesday morning, they didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Angry parents thronged the reception area, swearing and cursing at the staff. They were incensed at being accused of arson attacks at the school, including a recent petrol bombing of the deputy principal\u2019s car and firebombing the offices of the principal and her deputy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe won\u2019t burn the school down, we built it ourselves,\u201d the enraged group shouted at the official.<\/p>\n
Black teachers have refused to report for duty for fear of being assaulted by members of the local coloured community.<\/p>\n
Source: IOL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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