Effingham Secondary School Durban

2022 - 5 - 20

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Tempers flare as pupils and security face off outside Durban school (TimesLIVE)

What began as an altercation between two schoolgirls at Effingham Secondary School in Durban soon erupted into chaos as private security officers and police ...

The fight went on and on. The learner reached into his pocket and in that split-second the man thought he had a knife on him.” There were mobs of learners who were on the road antagonising those who were there to calm the situation.

Durban school suspends classes after fights on grounds (eNCA)

DURBAN - Effingham Secondary School in Durban suspended classes on Friday after a fight broke out on the school grounds on Wednesday amid unconfirmed racism ...

The involvement of private security, we're not sure how they got involved." DURBAN - Effingham Secondary School in Durban suspended classes on Friday after a fight broke out on the school grounds on Wednesday amid unconfirmed racism allegations. KZN Education HOD Nathi Ngcobo discussed the incident with eNCA's Shahan Ramkissoon. Courtesy of #DStv403

Effingham Secondary School temporarily closed after clashes with ... (Northglen News)

This comes after videos, widely circulated on social media, show learners being arrested and allegedly manhandled by security officials. Officers from various ...

“There was a misunderstanding between the pupils and the teachers. “At 09:23 on Thursday, we were asked to send an armed response vehicle after a fight broke out on the school grounds between learners and unknown people. “He suffered minor injuries in the process of trying to restrain the learner.

WATCH: Durban school suspends classes after pupils, police and ... (Citizen)

Effingham Secondary School in Durban has suspended classes for Friday after being hit by unconfirmed racism allegations.

“It is important to note that our officer did not use excessive force, and was acting under the direction of the Saps.” This comes after videos of the pupils protesting outside the school went viral on social media. The circuit manager will be addressing parents.”

WATCH: Rifle pointed at Effingham Secondary learner amid chaos (The South African)

Classes had to be suspended at Effingham Secondary School in Durban after chaos ensued. A learner was even pointed at with a rifle.

It is also alleged that securities assaulted a female learner who is seen being dragged down a street by the officers in one of the videos shared online. Classes had to be suspended at Effingham Secondary School in Durban after chaos ensued. It is alleged that on Thursday after school, private security was called by the school and that is when chaos ensued.

WATCH: Violent clash between security guards, Durban pupils (East Coast Radio)

The Department of Education in KwaZulu-Natal says it's stationed officials at Effingham Secondary School in Durban following a series of violent ...

It then excited learners and created chaos." "Some will come to school intoxicated, some having taken drugs, some with weapons and we are told that in the middle of all this, there are parents who came to attack other learners who had fought with their children the previous day." "Whilst the fight was on other boys who are not from the school with a boom boom speaker, I am told, they came to the scene.

WATCH | KZN Education MEC launches investigation after security ... (News24)

KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu has launched an investigation into allegations of 'police brutality' at Effingham Secondary School in Durban, ...

He (the guard) suffered minor injuries in the process of trying to restrain the learner." It was not a metro police officer who pointed the firearm, that was private security," Sewpersad added. On arrival we assessed the situation was volatile; two children were arrested at the school. Two men, one in a Fidelity ADT uniform and another unidentified man, appear to manhandle a pupil at the school during the protest. "We were called to the school as the gates were locked. "I have assigned a two-member team to attend [to] the situation of police brutality against learners of Effingham Secondary. Legal Services have been directed to assist in opening criminal cases against the person pointing a rifle at learners."