Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with utter dismay and contempt that a schoolgirl was gang- raped at her school in Johannesburg by a group of boys who filmed the assault last week Thursday, 4 November 2010;
2) further notes that preliminary investigations suggested that two girls were given a date-rape drug on Thursday by a fellow learner and one of the girls was subsequently gang-raped by a group of boys while being filmed on their cellphones on the school grounds and during school hours;
3) takes this opportunity to condemn in the harshest possible terms such inhumane and utterly repulsive behaviour from the learners and the failure of teachers and pupils to respond to the alleged gang- rape for almost five days under a frivolous excuse of not wanting to traumatise the school during the exams; and
4) calls on the Minister of Basic Education to institute an inquiry into the incident and the conduct of the immediate school community for its failure to protect the learner.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.