Fire guts Riverlea Secondary School classrooms, lab and library
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“A fire damaged a classroom block at Riverlea Secondary School in Johannesburg on Tuesday night.”
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“Newly appointed Gauteng education MEC Lebogang Maile will visit the school on Wednesday morning.”
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Wikipedia entries confirm Lebogang Maile's role as Gauteng MEC for Education but do not mention her planned visit to Riverlea Secondary School on Wednesday morning.
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— The Executive Council of Gauteng is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of Gauteng. The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed…
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— Lebogang Isaac Maile (born 26 December 1979) is a South African politician currently serving as Gauteng's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education and Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation. …
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— Paulus Shipokosa Mashatile (born 21 October 1961) is a South African politician who is the 9th Deputy President of South Africa. He became Deputy President of the governing African National Congress (…
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“Johannesburg emergency management services (EMS) firefighters responded to the blaze at 7.26pm.”
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“The fire affected three classrooms, a laboratory and the school library, the EMS team said.”
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“The cause of the fire is undetermined.”
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“A year ago, 11 classrooms, including those used by grade 8 pupils and the male ablution block, were damaged by a fire.”
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