Bullying not reason for Queens High pupil's death - GDE
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane says there are no indications that the late Queens High School pupil Brian Ndlovu was a victim of bullying.
Chiloane visited the school on Monday following the grade 9 pupil’s death.
The fifteen-year-old fell sick after returning from school on 31 July.
Ndlovu was reportedly forced to consume a poisonous substance that led to his untimely passing later that day.
Chiloane says the school's security cameras found no evidence of any incident involving Ndlovu.
"According to the preliminary report, there were no reports of bullying involving the deceased, and the school's security cameras found no evidence of the alleged incident. The learner left school in good health, and there were no prior reports of bullying by the parents or school counsellors.”
The school's principal, Johan Lourens, said there was no indication that the child was unwell on the school's CCTV footage.
"The reports that I received from the three teachers that taught him after the break, do not indicate that Brian was unwell. The teacher who drove him home also does not indicate that," Lourens said.
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