Deputy Chair, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with utmost apprehension the brutal murder of a teacher of Mmasehlong Primary School, northwest of Polokwane, who was murdered by his brother who burst into a Grade 7 classroom where his brother was monitoring pupils writing their exams and hacked him to death with a panga;
2) further notes that the suspect was later apprehended by members of the community in the school yard before he escaped and turned himself in to the police;
3) condemns in the harshest possible terms this callous and reckless act, which undermines the integrity and safety of learners and teachers in our schools; and
4) calls on the MEC for education in Limpopo to strengthen the safety of learners and teachers in schools.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.