JULES HIGH RAPE - LAW MUST TAKE ITS COURSE
This morning I visited Jules High School in Jeppestown in east Johannesburg where a young schoolgirl was allegedly gang-raped.
Examinations seemed to be going fairly normally for the 150 matric candidates, which is important as the school only had a 72% pass rate last year, down from 90% two years previously.
After speaking to various key role-players, including police at the Jeppe station, I would caution against being too quick to cast blame.
According to the Child Justice Act, it would have been incorrect to have immediately arrested the alleged perpetrators, one of whom is 16 years old and the other 14 years old.
It should not be forgotten that the Child Justice Act applies to both alleged child perpetrators and victims.