COSAS statement on burning of schools in Vuwani
5 May 2016
The Congress of South African Students in Limpopo has learned with utter dismay the burning of schools and damage to other public property by the Residents of Vuwani, in the Vhembe region.
This was after the residents were dissatisfied with the demarcation court ruling which put them under the new municipality of Malamulele while they want to remain under the Makhado municipality.
It is a great injustice and violation to children's rights to prevent them from receiving education.
The residents which are burning down schools are a disgrace to the country and the world at large.
We condemn tribalism with the highest contempt it deserves.
It cannot be that as black people we subject this dark cloud upon ourselves.
We have come too far as a country and province to derail ourselves this way.