Eighteen of the 20 female pupils involved in a group sex scandal at the Makhumbuza High School in Umlazi are being moved to other schools for their safety.
Some of them have received death threats. Others have been assaulted and verbally abused by fellow pupils and local residents for alleging sexual abuse charges against five teachers.
Two victims were taken out of the school three weeks ago by their parents.
Education officials told Sowetan yesterday the decision was taken with the full participation of the the girls' parents.
"We're ready to move more victims to where they'll be safe," said department of education district director Mlu Ntombela.
In April allegations of sexual misconduct against five teachers surfaced at the Makhumbuza High School.
According to the pupils the teachers had sex with them in the laboratory after giving them alcohol and money.
One of the five teachers implicated in the laboratory incident faces a charge of rape.
Four of his colleagues are expected to be arrested soon on various sexual assault charges.
"We've received a number of reports of assault and incidents of verbal assault by other teachers and pupils, accusing the girls of having willingly slept with the teachers," Ntombela said.
"Some of the victims are receiving death threats."
He said the girl who had blown the whistle on the assaults suffered a double blow this week when she was assaulted by a classmate who accused her of reporting the rape to "gain sympathy".
The next day the girl was attacked again, this time by five women whom the police have identified as relatives of the pupil who assaulted her the previous day.
Police spokesman Buhle Ngidi yesterday confirmed that the five people arrested for the attack on the girl were the grandmother, sister and friends of the pupil who had assaulted her the day before.
The police are investigating 15 incidents of sexual assault at the school, which could lead to the more arrests.
Captain Clifton Parks, spokesperson for the child protection unit, said 14 other children at the school made statements that were submitted to the director of public prosecutions.
"More arrests are expected," Parks said.
The police are waiting for a decision by public prosecution after it has made a study of the statements of 15 victims who have come forward.
18 sex orgy girls moved
Eighteen of the 20 female pupils involved in a group sex scandal at the Makhumbuza High School in Umlazi are being moved to other schools for their safety.
Some of them have received death threats. Others have been assaulted and verbally abused by fellow pupils and local residents for alleging sexual abuse charges against five teachers.
Two victims were taken out of the school three weeks ago by their parents.
Education officials told Sowetan yesterday the decision was taken with the full participation of the the girls' parents.
"We're ready to move more victims to where they'll be safe," said department of education district director Mlu Ntombela.
In April allegations of sexual misconduct against five teachers surfaced at the Makhumbuza High School.
According to the pupils the teachers had sex with them in the laboratory after giving them alcohol and money.
One of the five teachers implicated in the laboratory incident faces a charge of rape.
Four of his colleagues are expected to be arrested soon on various sexual assault charges.
"We've received a number of reports of assault and incidents of verbal assault by other teachers and pupils, accusing the girls of having willingly slept with the teachers," Ntombela said.
"Some of the victims are receiving death threats."
He said the girl who had blown the whistle on the assaults suffered a double blow this week when she was assaulted by a classmate who accused her of reporting the rape to "gain sympathy".
The next day the girl was attacked again, this time by five women whom the police have identified as relatives of the pupil who assaulted her the previous day.
Police spokesman Buhle Ngidi yesterday confirmed that the five people arrested for the attack on the girl were the grandmother, sister and friends of the pupil who had assaulted her the day before.
The police are investigating 15 incidents of sexual assault at the school, which could lead to the more arrests.
Captain Clifton Parks, spokesperson for the child protection unit, said 14 other children at the school made statements that were submitted to the director of public prosecutions.
"More arrests are expected," Parks said.
The police are waiting for a decision by public prosecution after it has made a study of the statements of 15 victims who have come forward.
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