# The Gauteng MEC for Education, Matome Chiloane, has condemned the violent clashes which happened yesterday between learners from West Ridge High School and Hoërskool Roodepoort. The clashes led to the principal of Hoërskool Roodepoort being stabbed in the hand while she was attempting to defuse tensions. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says preliminary reports state that this violence follows an earlier altercation between learners from the two schools last Friday:
MEC Chiloane condemns stabbing of Hoërskool Roodepoort principal [SOUND]
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