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SowetanLive reports that a disagreement between two female deputy principals at a Gauteng school escalated into a bloody altercation when one allegedly assaulted the other using office equipment.
The provincial education department confirmed on Monday that it was investigating the incident after one of the deputy principals at Asser Maloka Secondary School in Duduza township on the East Rand was injured. A pupil witnessed the alleged attack inside the administration office. "One of them was complaining that the other one had been gossiping about her. Then, all of a sudden, she stood up and hit her on the forehead with a paper punch. Her skin was ripped open and there was blood gushing out," the pupil said. The deputy apparently then continued to hit her colleague with a laptop across the face. "The other deputy was screaming for help. The receptionist had to run out of the office to get help. It was really scary," the pupil said. Another teacher expressed surprise that the perpetrator was still reporting to work after what happened.
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