Hardly a week after schools closed, 31 computers and other equipment were stolen from Kusile Comprehensive School in Duncan Village.The school, a regular victim of burglaries, was stripped of its entire computer lab, overhead projector, television set, calculators and maths instrument sets, among other items.
Acting school principal Bongani Nyangweni, who has been working at the school since 1994, said the break-ins had become a norm over the past three years.
A total of 10 incidents were reported this year alone.
Nyangweni discovered the latest incident when he went in to finalise admin work on Monday.
“Every day we arrive at the school to a break-in or at least an attempted break-in, but we have not been wiped out like this in a while, especially because the room they broke into this time we believed was heavily secured with an alarm system,” he said.
“Our library was broken into during the June holidays and one computer was stolen. Before schools closed, the school tuckshop was broken into, now this.
“Although the modus operandi is not the same, it is difficult to say whether or not there are different people who stripped the school of its entire computer lab.”
Nyangweni said he did not rule out any of the pupils as suspects.
“People who broke in here know the school very well and had all the time to execute their plan.”
The Daily Dispatch visited the school this week and saw broken windows in most of the classrooms while pieces of glass remained scattered in the passage. In other areas, ceilings had been ripped open.
Detectives and crime scene experts arrived minutes later.
Police spokesman Captain Mluleki Mbi confirmed the incident.
“A task team has been set up to investigate this case at Kusile Comprehensive School where computers are alleged to have been stolen. A case of burglary has been opened.”
Mbi urged anyone with information to call Duncan Village police on (043)722-1461 or 08600-10111.
lIn a separate incident, the Eastern Cape Provincial Council of Churches’ head office in Southernwood was stripped of its furniture, electricity tubing and plumbing.
The establishment is said to have fallen apart when the managing director fell ill and leased out the business space.
Provincial executive leader Lulama Ntshingwa said they were shocked to find the building in such a state.
“Now that we are aware of the state of the facility, we are trying to restore the facility, which has since become the home of vagrants, into a functional facility.
“All repairs should be made by the end of January and the council will be operational from then.” — mbalit@dispatch.co.za
Thieves target school in DV
The school, a regular victim of burglaries, was stripped of its entire computer lab, overhead projector, television set, calculators and maths instrument sets, among other items.
Acting school principal Bongani Nyangweni, who has been working at the school since 1994, said the break-ins had become a norm over the past three years.
A total of 10 incidents were reported this year alone.
Nyangweni discovered the latest incident when he went in to finalise admin work on Monday.
“Every day we arrive at the school to a break-in or at least an attempted break-in, but we have not been wiped out like this in a while, especially because the room they broke into this time we believed was heavily secured with an alarm system,” he said.
“Our library was broken into during the June holidays and one computer was stolen. Before schools closed, the school tuckshop was broken into, now this.
“Although the modus operandi is not the same, it is difficult to say whether or not there are different people who stripped the school of its entire computer lab.”
Nyangweni said he did not rule out any of the pupils as suspects.
“People who broke in here know the school very well and had all the time to execute their plan.”
The Daily Dispatch visited the school this week and saw broken windows in most of the classrooms while pieces of glass remained scattered in the passage. In other areas, ceilings had been ripped open.
Detectives and crime scene experts arrived minutes later.
Police spokesman Captain Mluleki Mbi confirmed the incident.
“A task team has been set up to investigate this case at Kusile Comprehensive School where computers are alleged to have been stolen. A case of burglary has been opened.”
Mbi urged anyone with information to call Duncan Village police on (043)722-1461 or 08600-10111.
lIn a separate incident, the Eastern Cape Provincial Council of Churches’ head office in Southernwood was stripped of its furniture, electricity tubing and plumbing.
The establishment is said to have fallen apart when the managing director fell ill and leased out the business space.
Provincial executive leader Lulama Ntshingwa said they were shocked to find the building in such a state.
“Now that we are aware of the state of the facility, we are trying to restore the facility, which has since become the home of vagrants, into a functional facility.
“All repairs should be made by the end of January and the council will be operational from then.” — mbalit@dispatch.co.za
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