Forest High School in Turffontein, Johannesburg, is 'a prison', where gangs thrive and younger boys are forced to perform sexual acts for older pupils, according to a report.
reported on Tuesday that 18-year-old Daniel Bakwela, who was stabbed to death outside the school on Monday, allegedly by a fellow pupil, was being bullied for four months prior to the attack.reported on Monday that a 19-year-old suspect had been arrested following the incident.
"This school should be called 'Forest High Correctional Service'. When you get into the toilet, the older guys tell you that this is not a place for small boys and you are forced to pay money," a pupil told the newspaper. Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi, who arrived at the school shortly after the incident, said all four of the pupils involved in the stabbing incident had attended the same school,According to Lesufi, the stabbings occurred after a scuffle had broken out between the victims and the suspect last week.
"They were carrying sjamboks and bricks and the suspect, who was being attacked, took out his knife and stabbed three boys from the STK gang," said a Grade 11 pupil, according to"I can't wait to complete my matric examinations and leave this place. I am tired of seeing my fellow pupils fighting each other at school," a pupil told The Star.
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