NGWELEZANE based Khombindlela High School management has distanced itself from the school’s matric after-party event, which has been widely publicised on the streets of Empangeni, to be held at Ngwelezane’s NUF Cafe tonight (Friday)
The School principal, Lungile Ntuli said they were shocked to see posters advertising an after-party, with the name of the school, displayed on every corner.
‘As the school, and on behalf of the School Governing Body, we would like to clearly state our position as far as the issue of the after-party and its marketing is concerned.
‘We are not part of it. These posters circulating around with our school name have been produced without our permission or knowledge. We take this as a serious offence and a blight on our good school name.
Ntuli’s comments come in the wake of concerns raised by parents about the after-party event, which they said they were not consulted about.
‘We are disturbed about what we see in the posters. We can not afford to have our children participating in the after-party, in the name of the school. We are still mindful of the tragic deaths of some matriculants who lost their lives at the after-party event in Richards Bay last year. We don’t want to see that happening here in Ngwelezane.
‘I wonder if the Department of Education is aware of this?’ said a mother of one matriculant who attends the school.
Khombindlela is not the only school that features on the posters for the after-party. Others are Old Mill High School and Thanduyise High School.
Old Mill High School principal Mandla Mbambo has also distanced his school from the after-party event.
‘We strongly condemn the use of our school name on these posters. As a school we are having our matric ball tonight (Friday) at Amble Inn, starting at 6pm to 11pm.
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