Nine learners who were allegedly involved in a fight using pangas suspended

Nine learners who were allegedly involved in a fight using pangas in Ga-Mashashane after school, an incident that left one learner injured.


A video circulating on social media shows the learners in school uniform charging at each other with pangas in their hands, and others running away and screaming in the streets.

Spokesperson for the department Sam Makondo says the incident took place days ago after school, adding to several other violent acts involving learners in the province.

Makondo says this is shocking and that the nine learners will undergo a disciplinary hearing.