Public schools, including former Model C schools, are reeling after the education department indicated it would be withholding 33.7% of their budgets for next year.
Former Makhanda-based councillor Luvuyo Sakata, 41, was so concerned by the escalating crime rate in his area that he opened a safe house in 2010 and formed an anti-crime organisation in 2017.
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Makhanda school closes for cleansing ritual after pupils take ill PREMIUM By Loyiso Dyongman - 14 April 2021 “Unwanted spirits” were blamed for a spate of hysteria and mass fainting among pupils at a Makhanda school. The school was closed for a cleansing ritual on Tuesday... This article is reserved for DispatchLIVE subscribers. Get access to ALL DispatchLIVE content from only R45.00 per month. Already subscribed? Simply sign in below. Already registered on HeraldLIVE, BusinessLIVE, TimesLIVE or SowetanLIVE? Sign in with the same details.
Makhanda school holds prayer after pupils ‘act hysterical’, classes resume Chaos erupted at the school on Friday and Monday when pupils suddenly started behaving strangely appearing to be hysterical. FILE: A final cleansing ceremony will be held on Friday. Picture: @ECDOEZA/Twitter 3 hours ago CAPE TOWN - The Eastern Cape Department of Education said classes had resumed at the Ntsika Senior Secondary School in Makhanda on Wednesday following a series of prayer and cleansing ceremonies. Chaos erupted at the school on Friday and Monday when pupils suddenly started behaving strangely appearing to be hysterical. The department s Malibongwe Mtima said: “We didn’t know what was the case, for us it looked like something that really needed prayer, because some were acting like they’ve got demons.”
Ntsika Senior Secondary School in Makhanda has been closed to allow pastors from different religious denominations to perform an exorcism on the school grounds and in classrooms.