Tm Letlhake News Today

“The experience of being at this school has taught us to be independent. We can learn without depending [on] teachers. This is what we will take to our tertiary institutions ,” Kolo said.

The gate of TM Letlhake Secondary School in Bekkersdakl, west of Johannesburg, has been broken down following a shutdown by parents over increased violence among learners and teacher absenteeism.

A group of fed-up parents took it upon themselves to round up 22 pupils they believe are gang members at a Gauteng school were clashes among gangs have become rampant.

The Congress of South African Students (Cosas) and the Representative Council of Leaners (RCL) say classes will not resume at TM Letlhake Secondary School in Bekkersdal until pupils affiliated to gangs are permanently suspended from the school.