SADTU KZN Statement, 8 March 2016 Tragic Accident That Claimed the Lives of Learners Words of condolence to the families and our members who lost their children at Sibongumusa High School SADTU in KwaZulu-Natal is saddened by the loss of three learners of Sibongumusa High School at KwaSwayimane Village. Our prayers are with the Zondi, Vidima and especially with the Buthelezi family whose child's body has not been recovered. We are hopeful that the body will be found soon in order to allow the family to grieve and find closure in their loss. It is indeed an unfortunate incident that such bright lives would be lost when they were ready to bloom. We are of the view that the teachers were executing their normal duties as they accompanied learners on an excursion as they always do. We do not want to apportion any blame; we believe that this incident was unfortunate and it should be treated as such. Our educators are traumatized as learners and members of the families are, as well as the broader education community including the department of education. We believe that this is the time for the community and teachers to come together and mourn in order to move forward. Such incidents are never easy to come to terms with. We are mobilizing all the necessary psychological support that must be given to the families, educators, learners and the broader education community to be assisted in order to cope with this tragedy. We send our prayers and words of condolences to the families. May the Lord give them strength to cope and to move on. For further details contact: Nomarashiya Caluza Provincial Secretary 0826117027 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Bheki Shandu Deputy Provincial Secretary 0826117028 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
