Chairperson, I hereby move without notice:
That the Council - (1) notes with utter dismay two incidents at Greenside Primary School, which is situated between Seshego and Polokwane, where an eight-year-old pupil was allegedly raped in the school's toilets, and a Grade 2 pupil is unable to return to school for fear of being attacked again after she escaped being raped by locking herself in one of the school's toilets;
(2) further notes that the two incidents follows the Jules High School incident in which a 15-year-old girl was reportedly raped by two boys, aged 14 and 16 years, and their charges were later converted to statutory rape for engaging in sex while underage; and
(3) takes this opportunity to condemn the rape of the eight-year-old girl and calls on education authorities to strengthen safety in our schools and ensure that life skills education covers sexual education in order to alert our learners about the dangers of underage and unprotected sex.
I so move. Thank you, Chairperson.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.