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    Benjamin Mahlasela School Vandalised

    Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailOctober 11, 2011No Comments2 Mins Read
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    The Benjamin Mahlasela School teachers were shocked on Monday morning when they arrived at the school to discover that it had been broken into during the September break.

    About 32 classrooms were vandalised during the break-in including an old computer room and a science lab where the intruders had spilled toxic chemicals onto the floor.

    The school had to call in the fire department to clean up the chemicals at a cost of nearly R16,000.
    The school's headmaster, Sandile Dude, said that nothing appeared to be missing but that all the sockets and main switches had been taken out.

    Dude suspects that the culprits wanted to retrieve copper from the sockets and expressed his dismay at the damage. "Now we are left without electricity."

    This is the second time within two years that the school has been broken into.

    The police were informed and teachers asked not to use the affected classrooms until fingerprints could be taken.

    Anyone with information is urged to contact the police.

    The Benjamin Mahlasela School teachers were shocked on Monday morning when they arrived at the school to discover that it had been broken into during the September break.

    About 32 classrooms were vandalised during the break-in including an old computer room and a science lab where the intruders had spilled toxic chemicals onto the floor.

    The school had to call in the fire department to clean up the chemicals at a cost of nearly R16,000.
    The school's headmaster, Sandile Dude, said that nothing appeared to be missing but that all the sockets and main switches had been taken out.

    Dude suspects that the culprits wanted to retrieve copper from the sockets and expressed his dismay at the damage. "Now we are left without electricity."

    This is the second time within two years that the school has been broken into.

    The police were informed and teachers asked not to use the affected classrooms until fingerprints could be taken.

    Anyone with information is urged to contact the police.

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