{"id":323122,"date":"2026-06-03T16:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/?p=323122"},"modified":"2026-06-03T21:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:02:55","slug":"62-children-removed-from-illegal-schools-in-durbanville-police-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/62-children-removed-from-illegal-schools-in-durbanville-police-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"62 children removed from illegal schools in Durbanville police operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A total of 62 Zimbabwean children who were attending illegal schools in Fisantekraal under poor conditions, have been removed in an operation led by Durbanville police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three educators, also from Zimbabwe, were\u00a0arrested and detained by the police under the South African Schools Act and the Immigration Act 13 of 2003 in the multi-disciplinary-intelligence-led operation on Wednesday 27 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>House rented out to foreigners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Col Gonum Munsamy, station commander of Durbanville police, information was received that a house in Greenville allocated for human settlement, was rented out to undocumented foreign nationals who were operating illegal schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Through investigation, Durbanville police confirmed that houses that were intended for human habitation were being used as business premises to operate illegal schools in Fisantekraal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The children were removed with the assistance of the department of social development to a place of safety,&#8221; Munsamy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She expressed her gratitude to the local proportional councillor, officials of the City of Cape Town&#8217;s law enforcement department, department of social development and immigrations, as well as Wendy Bosse from <a href=\"https:\/\/olympians.co.za\/\">Olympians Social Development and Education<\/a>, a local community-based organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" data-attachment-id=\"323129\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/62-children-removed-from-illegal-schools-in-durbanville-police-operation\/whatsapp-image-2026-06-03-at-13-34-21\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-13.34.21.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1144,738\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WhatsApp Image 2026-06-03 at 13.34.21\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-13.34.21-1024x661.jpeg\" data-id=\"323129\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-13.34.21-1024x661.jpeg\" alt=\"Children, aged 6 to 17, received schooling in a house and a shack across the road.\" class=\"wp-image-323129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-13.34.21-1024x661.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-13.34.21-300x194.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-13.34.21-768x495.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-13.34.21-600x387.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-13.34.21.jpeg 1144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Children, aged 6 to 17, received schooling in a house and a shack across the road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>One toilet for 62 children<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bosse said to TygerBurger the children of 6 to 17 years were accommodated in the house, as well as in a shack across the road. &#8220;There was only one bathroom and one toilet for all of them. 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