Hackers gained access to the Basic Education Department's website on Wednesday evening, posting gory photos and a message addressed "to the government, the American people and the rest of the world".
Spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said they distanced themselves from the brutal images of decapitated corpses, which included children.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article