KUBIKWA ukuthi bangaphezu kuka-70 abafundi baka-matric bezikole ezahlukene abangeniswe esibhedlela ngezinsolo zokudla ushevu eMerafong, eGauteng.
Laba bafundi bebehlangene ekhempimi eseFochville ngesikhathi bephuthunyiswa esibhedlela iCarletonville Hospital ngo-10 ekuseni bexinekile.
Ngokubika kwephephandaba lomphakathi iCarltonville Herald abafundi baqale ukuxineka ngemuva kokudla ukudla kwakusihlwa ngoLwesithathu nangoLwesine ekuseni.
UMatabo Letsoalo ongumxhumanisi kulesi sibhedlela uthe, babikelwe ngaphambi kwesikhathi ukuthi kunabafundi abazayo abaxinekile.
UMnyango wezeMfundo eGauteng ukhiphe isitatimende uqinisekisa lo mbiko.
Ngokwesitatimende, bangu-74 abafundi besifazane baseFochville abahanjiswe emitholampilo eyahlukene ngo-9 ekuseni.
“Abafundi abathintekayo baneminyaka ephakathi kuka-17 no-20. Abafundi abangu-42 bahanjiswe emtholampilo iFochville Clinic, abangu-32 bona bahanjiswa eKokosi Clinic. Labafundi bahlinzekwe ngosizo emitholampilo ngaphambi kokudluliselwa esibhedlela.”
Bangu-73 abafundi abahanjiswe eCarltonville Hospital, kwathi oyedwa wahanjiswa esibhedlela esizimele. Kuthiwa iningi lalaba bafundi lisesimeni esikahle.