The Diversity High School in Johannesburg is being investigated after a cellphone video of a child by a teacher beaten appeared.
The Gauteng Department of Education says it is shocked by the images and want all teachers reminded that corporal punishment by the Constitution banned.
The video shows how a 16-year-old school boy beaten apparently by a teacher at the school with a piece of hosepipe. He screamed and fell to the ground. The person kicked him.
The pupil was apparently punished because he was late for school.
Ja nee, ek kan onthou toe ek op skool was was jy goed pak gegee as jy nie wou luister nie. Het dit vir my gewerk? Ja ....... vir n paar jaar
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