Durban - There will be no repeat of the controversial “bombing” practice at Pietermaritzburg’s Eastwood Secondary School at the end of this year, or at any time in the future, the school governing body has warned. SGB chairperson Roy Ram said that bombing, which took place annually after exams, would not be tolerated nor take place at the school again.
This comes after widespread chatter on social media, where Eastwood pupils had apparently made plans to revive the tradition. “Bombing” is the practice of filling balloons, condoms and plastic bags with water, human or animal faeces, and other substances, and then pelting other pupils with these. It had been used to celebrate the end of term until a pupil was killed in October in an accident related to the ritual.
Hershell Fynn had gone to the aid of a friend, Camryn Sampson, who had been attacked after throwing water on a pupil.
DailyNewsSA This used to be such innocent and harmless fun when I was in high school. How did it escalate to the use of condoms and human/animal faeces and more importantly, pupils being stabbed and one stabbed to death