JOHANNESBURG -The Gauteng Education Department says communities need to be part of the solution in combatting gangsterism.
This comes after a Grade 8 pupil from Oakdale Secondary School in Ennerdale was stabbed to death this week.
A fight allegedly broke out at the school south of Soweto.
A Grade 10 pupil, who was also stabbed, is fighting for his life in hospital.
The incident is reported to be influenced by gangsterism in the area.
The Education Department's Psychosocial Support Unit will visit the school on Friday with Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane.
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