According to Gauteng education spokesperson Steve Mabona, “Facebook rapist” and murderer Thabo Bester attended school without any documentation, and the department cannot refuse a child education because of documents.
Bester went to Laerskool Danie Theron in Kibler Park, Johannesburg’s southern suburbs. He was admitted on January 14, 1997.
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Bester was allowed on the “strength of his date of birth,” according to Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, because he lacked a birth certificate.
Mabona stated on eNCA that Bester was brought to school by a guardian rather than a parent.
“As a department, we cannot deny the education of a child because of documentation. We have a constitutional obligation to provide education to all our children.
“Bester continued with schooling until grade 7. He left during term 3 and did not come back. That’s the last time he was seen in a schooling environment,” said Mabona.
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He stated that there are no documented records indicating that the convicted rapist went to another school after dropping out.
“Employees who are still working here in this school who remember him said he was charming, a very clever boy, and a sportsman doing well [in] rugby,” he said.
According to Gauteng education spokesperson Steve Mabona, “Facebook rapist” and murderer Thabo Bester attended school without any documentation, and the department cannot refuse a child education because of documents.
Bester went to Laerskool Danie Theron in Kibler Park, Johannesburg’s southern suburbs. He was admitted on January 14, 1997.
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Bester was allowed on the “strength of his date of birth,” according to Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, because he lacked a birth certificate.
Mabona stated on eNCA that Bester was brought to school by a guardian rather than a parent.
“As a department, we cannot deny the education of a child because of documentation. We have a constitutional obligation to provide education to all our children.
“Bester continued with schooling until grade 7. He left during term 3 and did not come back. That’s the last time he was seen in a schooling environment,” said Mabona.
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He stated that there are no documented records indicating that the convicted rapist went to another school after dropping out.
“Employees who are still working here in this school who remember him said he was charming, a very clever boy, and a sportsman doing well [in] rugby,” he said.