WATCH: Bikers Against Bullies SA band together to support #JusticeForEnock ‘Stop hiding the truth’
PARKTOWN – Several bikers gather to hand a list of demands over to Parktown Boys' headmaster.
Several representatives from Bikers Against Bullies SA gathered at Parktown Boys’ High School to hand over a memorandum of demands to Headmaster of Parktown Boys’ High School Malcolm Williams in the early hours of this morning (24 January).
The bikers met at the Engen garage in Parktown before riding together to the school to hand over the memorandum.
This follows the tragic death of Grade 8 learner Enock Mpianzi on 15 January at a Grade 8 Orientation Camp hosted by Nyati Bush and River Break in Brits. Enock’s death has rendered outcry from the public who have said that the school and camp facilitators acted with gross negligence. Community members are demanding answers to a number of unanswered questions surrounding his death.
*Note: The spelling of Enock is correct, this has been validated against his registration form at the school.
A mother, who forms part of the group and whose son went to Parktown Boys’ in 2017 said, “He was beaten many times over the head with a stick, he has a bleeding condition…he sat in the hospital for four days… it took me 9 months to get an investigation into what happened at [the school].”
Read more here: Outcry among community members while Parktown Boys’ suspended academic programmes yesterday
Pieter “Bees” Fourie spoke on behalf of Bikers Against Bullies SA, “We sympathise with the family, our hearts go out to little Enock… we are also here to upon the principal as well as the SGB to come out with the truth and stop hiding the truth. We have got facts that they are covering up how many kids got hurt and how many kids were in the water at the time.” Watch video below for his full statement.
The Gazette’s journalist Sarah Koning, is there to capture the gathering.
Bikers are beginning to gather at the Engen garage near Parktown Boys to ride to the school and hand over a memorandum of demands to the headmaster #ParktownBoysCamp #Justice4Enock @RK_Gazette pic.twitter.com/HGB8Pke1Fo
— Sarah Koning (@SarahKingon) January 24, 2020
The @BikersSouth hope to deliver a list of demands to headmaster Malcolm Williams today #ParktownBoysCamp @RK_Gazette pic.twitter.com/9MMiXc4HVE
— Sarah Koning (@SarahKingon) January 24, 2020
Read more here: Veteran journalist, Karima Brown protests outside of Parktown Boys #JusticeForEnoch
Day 2: Silent protest outside of Parktown Boys #JusticeForEnock
Bikers Against Bullies SA gather at Parktown Boys High School. Photo: Sarah Koning
Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi is expected to address the public later this morning concerning the latest developments at Parktown Boys High School.
Rosebank Killarney Gazette will keep readers up to date on any further developments during the course of the day.
Related articles:
Lesufi expected to announce action against Parktown Boys’ tomorrow
Parktown Boys’ SGB responds to MEC’s threat of imminent action against the school
LISTEN: Parktown Boys’ learner shares his side of the story after the tragic death of #EnochMpianzi
