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I’m issuing more death certificates than report cards: Education MEC

Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi.
Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi.
Image: Gallo Images / Foto24 / Theana Breugem

“Rather than issuing report cards that say ‘congratulations’, I’m now issuing death certificates.”

These were the harrowing words of Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi, who said on Wednesday he was devastated by having to visit the scene of yet another school tragedy.

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