{"id":228791,"date":"2020-01-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/228791\/mec-lesufi-says-heads-will-roll-if-he-doesnt-get-answers\/"},"modified":"2020-02-03T13:42:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T11:42:32","slug":"mec-lesufi-says-heads-will-roll-if-he-doesnt-get-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/01\/28\/mec-lesufi-says-heads-will-roll-if-he-doesnt-get-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: MEC Lesufi says heads will roll if he doesn\u2019t get answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHere we are meeting again because of another sad story.\u201d<\/p>\n

These were the somber words of Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi as he addressed the media gathered outside 14-year-old Laticia Princes Jansen\u2019s Dukathole home on Monday.<\/p>

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Jansen was found allegedly stabbed, raped and burnt in Elsburg on Friday, after going missing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day spokesperson for the Gauteng Department of Education Steve Mabona explained that Jansen was among a group of learners from Dukathole who had been left behind by the departmental scholar transport on Wednesday, but she had unfortunately never returned home.<\/p>

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\u201cHer grandmother reported Jansen missing at the Elsburg Police Station, where she was reportedly informed to bring a photo of Jansen to them that day,\u201d said Mabona.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe family then went to the child\u2019s school, Graceland Education Centre, for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe school did not assist the family.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer grandmother mobilised the community on Friday and accompanied by domestic dogs they went on a search mission in the nearby bush.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was during this search that the body was discovered.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Spokesperson for the Gauteng Department of Education Steve Mabona spoke to the media at the Graceland Education Centre on Monday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lesufi explained that he was first alerted to the horrific incident by a community development worker.<\/p>\n

\u201cI received a call on Sunday,\u201d Lesufi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked the caller to please send me something in writing, as I could not believe the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just shocking and devastating.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce had received the message I came to see the family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Update: MEC Lesufi visits school, family of murdered Germiston learner<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Lesufi explained that he was left numb as the family told him the story of what had happened to Jansen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t expect to hear what I was hearing,\u201d said Lesufi.<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked the family to allow me time to find the answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lesufi\u2019s search for answers began at the school, but no one could give him any answers.<\/p>\n

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Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi greets officials at Graceland Education Centre during a visit on Monday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cNo one could tell me why the school was not aware that a learner was not at school on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday,\u201d said Lesufi.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe school was not aware.<\/p>\n

\u201cA parent comes to the school to say my child is missing and all that is said is go to the police station.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no answers as to why the school didn\u2019t assist further or follow-up when the learner still wasn\u2019t there on Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lesufi also questioned why the times of the departmental scholar transport had been changed without speaking to the parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were told the learners were told in assembly, but that isn\u2019t good enough in today\u2019s age, parents will question what these children are up to without proper communication from the school,\u201d said Lesufi.<\/p>\n

Lesufi gave a deadline of 2pm on Monday for answers to be sent to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I don\u2019t get answers heads will roll,\u201d Lesufi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lesufi said he would visit the family again on Tuesday when he had more answers.<\/p>\n

In the interim, counsellors have visited the family to offer support.<\/p>\n

\u201cJansen was always smiling,\u201d said Whitney Barnes, a family friend and neighbour.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was a kind person.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always used to sing and dance together.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is a developing story and more details will be released as they become available.<\/p>\n

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Community members gather outside 14-year-old Laticia Princes Jansen\u2019s Dukathole home and sing songs of support.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Update: MEC Lesufi announces removal of Graceland Education Centre principal<\/a><\/h4>\n

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