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Principal and Administrator Killed Inside Tembisa Primary School’s Admin Block

Authorities began an investigation with counseling teams deployed for learners and staff.

Overview

  • The shooting occurred just after 5pm on Tuesday inside Inxiweni Primary School while staff were preparing for a meeting.
  • Colleagues in a nearby office reported hearing gunshots, took cover, and later found the two victims in the administration block passage.
  • Emergency services arrived quickly, but the 58-year-old principal and 55-year-old administrator were declared dead at the scene.
  • Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi and Education MEC Matome Chiloane visited the school in the evening to meet families and assess the situation.
  • The education department confirmed psychosocial and employee-wellness support is being sent, and police asked anyone with information to come forward.