On Friday, May 22 the scholar arrived early at Greendale School. Walking alone to one of the classrooms she was halted by two suspects within the grounds. The two men were described as young, no older than 20, and were definitely not students from the school.
“She told me how they asked her for her cell phone and she tried to scream for help,” the mother of the victim repeated.
“One of them grabbed her, closed her mouth and pushed her to the ground.”
The woman’s voice broke as she retold her daughter’s version of what had happened and how the suspect pinning her daughter down had threatened her with a knife.
The suspects found what they were looking for and after taking the girl’s cell phone they quickly fled the scene.
“I am just so relieved that my daughter wasn’t raped,” the mother said.
She said she was disappointed with the school’s security and wanted to know how the suspects got in.
The principal of the school, Ms Hanlie Kruger, was shocked to hear about the robbery that was directly reported to her after the incident.
The scholar who was robbed arrived early at around 06:45 before the staff, who only start arriving at around 07:05.
“The gates are opened early for our pupils that arrive earlier by bus,” Kruger said.
Kruger stated that the school does have a security guard patrolling the grounds at night, who reported nothing out of the ordinary before leaving that morning.
The school launched an investigation into the matter and anyone who might have seen the two suspects at school was asked to come forward with any information they might have.
“As an additional precaution we will close the side gate so that learners only use the front gate of the school. We must also ask that pupils not walk alone from where the busses drop them off in the mornings.”
The case was also reported at Witbank Police Station.
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