Police to investigate Hoërskool Garsfontein learner’s death

The Hoërskool Garsfontein Grade 10 learner whose lifeless body was discovered on the rugby field by the school staff did not die due to natural causes.

This was revealed by Gauteng MEC of Education Matome Chiloane on Tuesday afternoon during his visit to the school.

“The police are investigating the details around the learner’s death,” Chiloane said. “What we know now is that the cause of death is unnatural.”

He told the media, who were gathered next to where the body of the girl was found that police and the school were still trying to establish how the learner gained entry to the school’s premises.

“I don’t want to go too heavily into the case because I don’t want to jeopardise the police investigations.

“As a department, we will assist the family and provide them with the necessary support and also get learners learning again.”

Chiloane’s utterances were consistent with the learner’s grandfather, who earlier told Rekord that the learner left the house around midnight.

The MEC said it was vital that the school should know and understand their learners.

“We need to have an understanding of every learner, and this will help us know what each learner’s needs are and how we can be able to help them,” he said.

Chiloane also alluded that the department will in the future implement a bullying box at various schools in order to help curb the rate of bullying in schools.

He said the aim was not to punish learners but rather to try and understand them so that the department could come up with ways to help deal with their issues.

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