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Original Post Date: 2011-03-16 Time: 13:00:20 Posted By: News Poster
By John Ekongo
Swakopmund – Weapons issued during the South African colonial era were discovered at Swakopmund High School following an inventory by the school board and management last week.
The weapons, registered under the old administration of Swakopmund Secondary School (SSS), were being kept in a safe at the school since independence. No school authority over the years ever reported their presence or attempted to hand them over to the Ministry of Education despite directives after independence that schools in possession of weapons should surrender them.
SSS, which was established in 1976, has an enrolment of 1032 learners and a staff complement of 36 teachers.
It was a predominantly white-only school before independence, which explains the presence of the weapons at the school.
The weapons were part of a civil protection programme initiated by the previous administration to offer limited protection against possible threats from ‘terrorists’ (Swapo) during the war years.
Current headmaster at SSS, Paulus Fisher, who has only been with the school for four months, said he had no knowledge of the weapons until March 4, 2011 when they were discovered during the inventory.
Fisher, who was at a loss for words, said it could be that previous school administrations forgot about the existence of the weapons.
The weapons, three rifles, initially supposed to be four but with one unaccounted for, and four air guns, were handed over to the police.
“Hopefully, this is just a rare and one-off incident. We appeal to schools in the region that if they have illegal weapons they should hand them over to the police,” said Clementine Tsumis-Garises, School Inspector for Swakopmund Circuit.
Added Garises, “We will once again send out a memo to the schools instructing them to return all weapons if they have any.”
During the same exercise, the school was put on lockdown following revelations that dangerous and improvised weapons were easily exchanging hands at the school.
Through the lockdown, the authorities managed to uncover five knifes, one improvised metal rod, 86 cellphones, cellphone chargers and over 100 cigarettes. The weapons were found on learners during the exercise.
The lockdown was sparked by a near-fatal stabbing incident last month after a Grade 12 learner was stabbed close to his spine by a fellow matric student.
“We would like to reassure parents that the school board and management will keep an eagle eye in ensuring that teaching activities are conducted in an environment free of any negative obstacles. We are also urging parental involvement in our endeavours to make SSS safe,” said Garises.
Contacted for comment on the weapons find, Erongo Regional Police Commander, Commissioner Festus Shilongo said, “It is a well known fact that apartheid was arming some members of the public and other State institutions to defend themselves. We want those weapons back. We appeal to public members or institutions that have weapons of war emanating from that period or any unwanted, unregistered weapons to surrender them to the police through our ‘Talk don’t shoot campaign’.”
Police will not prosecute anyone heeding this appeal, he said.
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Original date published: 15 March 2011
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201103160869.html?viewall=1