The students have been identified.
Reports stated that the student refused to write a matric assessment exam.
The students were supposed to write the assessment on Monday but refused to do so.
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After torching the hall, they were forced to write the exam outside.
Lesufi visited the school on Tuesday to assess the damage caused in the hall.
Lesufi stated that the provincialgovernmentwill not be paying for the damages by the fire to be fixed.
6 Students have been identified and linked to the arson attack at a Johannesburg high school. Image: @LesufiSource: Twitter
Lesufi added that the fire was extinguished before any major damage could occur.
The estimated damage of the fire is around R400 000.
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A report byEWNstated that an investigation is by the school’s governing body is underway.
It has been alleged that pupils set the hall alight in protest against writing examinations.
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