By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The Gauteng MEC for Education, Matome Chiloane, visited Queens High School following the death of 15-year-old Brian Ndlovu.
According to reports, Ndlovu was allegedly forced to consume poison, leading to his untimely death.
Parents handed over a memorandum to the Gauteng Department of Education to have the alleged school bullies suspended. They asked for anti-bullying campaigns to be set in place, at the school and they asked that children get an opportunity to voice their concerns. Parents said that children within the school were traumatised due to ongoing bullying at Queens High School.
Chiloane says the school’s security cameras found no evidence of any incident involving Ndlovu.
“According to the preliminary report, there were no reports of bullying involving the deceased, and the school’s security cameras found no evidence of the alleged incident. The learner left school in good health, and there were no prior reports of bullying by the parents or school counsellors.”
The school’s principal, Johan Lourens, said there was no indication that the child was unwell on the school’s CCTV footage.
“The reports that I received from the three teachers that taught him after the break, do not indicate that Ndlovu was unwell. The teacher who drove him home also does not indicate that,” Lourens said.
Police are currently investigating Ndlovu’s murder and his postmortem results are expected to shed further light on his sudden death.