News24 | Bergview College takes legal action to halt deregistration amid rape allegations

News24 | Bergview College takes legal action to halt deregistration amid rape allegations

Bergview College has filed an urgent application in the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda to prevent provincial education MEC Fundile Gade from deregistering the school over allegations of a 7-year-old pupil's rape.

Parliament's education committee demands justice in Bergview College rape case, criticises delayed response

#JusticeForCwecwe: Bergview College faces deregistration over rape allegations

The Eastern Cape Department of Education has issued a notice to deregister the independent school Bergview College over the alleged rape of a young female learner. The minor who was seven at the time was allegedly molested at the school in October 2024 and reported the incident to her mother who is a police officer. A case was reportedly opened but months later no one has been arrested or held accountable and the mother has alleged that the scho…

Bergville College fights MEC’s move to shut down school

The board of trustees at Bergville College in the Eastern Cape has taken significant legal action by applying for an urgent interdict against Education MEC Fundile Gade. This follows the decision by Gade to withdraw the school’s registration in response to the shocking alleged rape of a seven-year-old girl within its premises in  in Matatiele, Eastern Cape. The urgent application, filed in the High Court in Makhanda, aims to suspend MEC Gade’s d…

South African Council of Churches Condemns Sexual Abuse of Minor in the Eastern Cape

The South African Council of Churches (SACC) in the Eastern Cape has expressed profound shock and sorrow over the recent sexual abuse of a seven-year-old girl at Bergview College in Matatiele. In a statement shared with the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) communication office, the SACC in the Eastern Cape emphasized that the incident, which has sparked nationwide outrage and protests, highlights the ongoing crisis of violen…

The school at Matatiele in the Eastern Cape where, among other things, the principal is accused of raping a seven-year-old girl, is said to be deregistered.