The teacher who was stabbed is in ICU.
Education MEC
Mmaphefo Matsemela will visit the school on Tuesday.
The first day at a North West school got off to a bloody start on Monday after a teacher allegedly stabbed a female colleague.
According to provincial education department spokesperson Elias Malindi, a 64-year-old male teacher from Tolamo Primary School in Letlhakaneng, Brits, allegedly stabbed a 47-year-old female colleague at Tshefoge Primary School in Vaalboschloot.
Malindi said Tshefoge had been under construction since the last quarter, and pupils were moved to a community hall as a temporary measure.
The suspect allegedly forcefully entered the hall and refused to be sanitised or have his temperature taken.
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The first day at a North West school got off to a bloody start on Monday after a teacher allegedly stabbed a female colleague.
According to provincial education department spokesperson Elias Malindi, a 64-year-old male teacher from Tolamo Primary School in Letlhakaneng, Brits, allegedly stabbed a 47-year-old female colleague at Tshefoge Primary School in Vaalboschloot.
Malindi said Tshefoge had been under construction since the last quarter, and pupils were moved to a community hall as a temporary measure.
The suspect allegedly forcefully entered the hall and refused to be sanitised or have his temperature taken.
IN PICTURES | Back to school 2021 First day jitters is always a prominent part of schooling, but with a little love and coaxing the little ones quickly adapt. TimesLIVE > By TimesLIVE - 15 February 2021 - 10:41 It s all systems go at Tolamo Primary School in Letlhakaneng in the North West, where some kids did not want to be left at school, and tried to escape back to their parents. Image: Thapelo Morebudi/The Sunday Times. The calm before the school bell rings at Tolamo Primary School in the North West. Image: Thapelo Morebudi/The Sunday Times. Temperature screening at Letlhakaneng s Tolamo Primary School in the North West.