PICS | Riverlea Secondary Fire: Gauteng Education Urges Communities to Protect Schools

In photos: School fire leaves hundreds of learners without classrooms

It was the second fire in a year at Riverlea Secondary School

PICS | Riverlea Secondary fire: Gauteng Education urges communities to protect schools

IN PICS | Fire guts Riverlea Secondary School classrooms, lab and library

This comes a year after the school lost 11 classrooms to a fire.

Riverlea Secondary hit by another devastating fire, classrooms and library lost

A fire at Riverlea Secondary School in Johannesburg has left a trail of destruction, destroying an entire classroom block.

Gauteng Education MEC Maile Condemns 'Torching' Of Riverlea Secondary School

Johannesburg – Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture & Recreation Lebogang Maile has visited Riverlea Secondary School, where several classrooms were burnt overnight in a suspected arson attack. During his visit on Wednesday, 8 April 2026, MEC Maile said: “There can be no justification to burn a school”.   He stressed that the fire that broke out at the school “cannot be justified, no matter the level of anger or frustration”. As a res…

Fire affected 320 learners at Riverlea Secondary School

By Lebone Rodah Mosima A devastating fire destroyed an entire classroom block earlier this week, affecting 320 learners in Grades 8 and 9 at the Riverlea Secondary School in Johannesburg.  Three classrooms were destroyed when fire engulfed a block of classrooms at the Riverlea Secondary School. The fire affected a laboratory and the school library #fire #Riverlea #johannesburg pic.twitter.com/oO6067fNf5— Nkosazana Peshwa (@NkosazanaPeshwa) Apri…