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Firefighters battle blaze Fire and Rescue Services personnel from seven different stations recently had to rush to an industrial area in Parow to extinguish a fire at some of the factories in the area. The fire caused mostly damage to the Kleen Eezy factory in Connaught Road, Parow. One firefighter had to be treated for injuries sustained after a wall collapsed on him. Read more on page 3. PHOTO: MORNE HASKELL
COVID: 50 TEACHERS HAVE LOST BATTLE
Fear over schools opening F
ollowing reports of more than 50 teaching staff losing their battle to Covid-19, much anxiety has been expressed as schools are expected to reopen within the next two weeks. Teachers and school management teams are expected to return to classrooms on Monday 25 January in preparation for the official
return of learners on Wednesday 27 January. According to data as of Monday 28 December by the provincial education department, a total of 73 officials have died due to Covid19, of which 56 are teaching staff. Department spokesperson Millicent Merton said these figures are yet to be updated. “Unfortunately, most recent statistics are not available due to the school holidays.” TygerBurger reached out to a few teachers
to get an idea of their concerns. An Elsies River teacher said a few of her colleagues succumbed to the virus and this has caused a lot of emotional stress for not only her, but other teachers as well. “The anxiety is there, but children can’t be held back from school and learning. Trauma counselling should be implemented at schools, not only for teaching staff and management, but learners should also benefit from this. “I also lost my partner to the virus so it’s
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even more emotional.” She added: “What I’ve noticed is that not all parents and children are wearing masks when coming to school, so it seems like some people aren’t taking this pandemic seriously.” Another teacher at a high school in Goodwood said the reopening of schools should instead be reconsidered. “Since the start of the school holidays, we’ve been hearing about colleagues passing away. V To page 3
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