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Criminal sexual acts behind Bartimea protests─── 07:40 Sat, 07 Jun 2014
Duane Petrus
Thaba Nchu - Indecent sexual activity amongst learners at the Bartimea School for the Deaf and Blind in Thaba Nchu is the reason behind this week's violent protests at the school.
On Thursday night, learners burnt down an administrative office at the school, over unhappiness about a fence that was recently erected to separate the girls’ and boys’ hostels.
The head of the Free State’s education department, Stanley Malope, says the fence was erected because there had previously been cases of rape reported at the hostels.
He added that some boys implicated in these alleged incidents have been ordered by the court to undergo counselling.
