‘You cannot hide’ - Lesufi sends warning to killers of Tembisa deputy principle
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has sent out a stern warning to the perpetrators who shot and killed the deputy principal of Phomolong Secondary in Tembisa.
Thembisile Ngendane was shot and killed execution-style on the school’s driveway on Friday.
The motive for the killing is still not known.
"We want to send a strong message to them as well. They can run, they can hide, but we will find them," Lesufi told emotional teachers at the school on Monday.
Police in Gauteng have since activated a 72-hour plan to locate the perpetrators.
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"I am glad the police have assured us that they have assigned a provincial team for the next 72 hours to track these perpetrators,” said Lesufi.
"I want to say to the police, let the 72 hours be 72 hours. Because we can't afford to let people come to our schools."
Speculation has been rife on the motive of Ngadane's murder.
Some community members believe it was a hit.
#PhomolongSecondary Zonke Majedwe says the general sentiment around the community is that there was a hit against Mam Ngendane’s life.
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) January 24, 2022
She believes that Ngendane was not killed by a school learner. pic.twitter.com/6ylDTY52E0
Lesufi pleaded to the members of the community not to speculate on the motive of the killing.
"You might be aware that when this incident took place on Friday, those that are heartless and don't understand this sector started to circulate the wrong information. And that deepened the hurt and made things difficult on all of us. It is only the killer that knows the motive and if you are not a killer and you speculate it means that you are part of those who killed our deputy principal. I want to urge those that are speculating, to stop it.
"This hurts us more. We have no information, we must wait for the police to conclude their work. And we must ensure that those who killed our deputy principal are the one that tells us why hey have done this particular thing."
