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This was announced by the Gauteng education department and Lead SA today.

“It’s time for things to change,” Gauteng education MEC Barbara Creecy said.

About 700 pupils and several teachers arrived late for classes at the Lavela Secondary School today, when Creecy made a surprise visit. They arrived between 30 minutes and an hour after the 7.50am bell rang.

“From tomorrow [Tuesday], anyone arriving late will be taken to the Jabulani police station.... We will then call your parents to come and collect you,” Creecy said.

“We have been watching you for a week. Whether the sun shines or whether it rains, you are late. You arrive here long after the bell has rung,” she said.

According to the statement, some teachers said they were late because of long travelling distances and traffic. Pupils said they had woken up late.

Creecy and Lead SA said they would return to the school to conduct spot checks.

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Wed Jun 19 16:45:43 SAST 2013 ::

Feb 13, 2012

KatakataEmaotoAditshepe

This is really a play,parents have to leave the jobs to collect their kids from police station tjo.
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Feb 13, 2012

Catswhiskers

Good - and the teachers? Are they going to be fired?
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Feb 13, 2012

Click

Great.. Why not have a court at the back of a police van, while you're at it?? .. *Dumb@sses*

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Feb 13, 2012

FANK

she is crazzy who can a minor taken to police station for being late they should have started with Zuma for arriving late in certain occassions. and the ministers they should stop driving on yellow lines if there's traffic.
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Feb 13, 2012

KatakataEmaotoAditshepe

Will teachers' mothers and fathers fetch them from the police station too?
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Feb 13, 2012

mashbellz

mxm...............is this a joke
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Feb 13, 2012

tsayaya

may be Gautend Education Department should fit school busses with blue lights like the one of Nomvula and her MEC's
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Feb 13, 2012

MORNACHIES

This is a great joke of all times ......it sucks big tym .Just imagine old man like
KatakataEmaoto running to the police station to fetch his dump son ?...........
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Feb 13, 2012

Papage

These is a joke, what message or education are you teaching our kids? So our police have no work to do now?
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Feb 13, 2012

Bra.Joe

Catswhiskers
Good - and the teachers? Are they going to be fired?
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No their parents are going to be called to fetch them as well.
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