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News24 reports that the Gauteng education department on Friday expelled a Soweto pupil who had thrown a stone (other reports indicate a brick) at a teacher, causing the teacher to suffer minor injuries.
Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said: "There is no room for violence in our schools. We condemn in the strongest possible terms any violent behaviour by both educators and learners." The incident occurred at Albertina Sisulu Special School. In a video of the incident, the teenager can be seen chasing the teacher out of the hall. The teacher runs away, while other pupils and teachers try to stop the pupil. Another teacher can be heard asking what his problem is and the pupil replies: "I have been patient with him for too long. Today, he will k*k himself." On Wednesday, the department had said the pupil would not be suspended because of the "nature of his behavioural disability". However, on Friday it said that that it viewed issues of pupil discipline in a very serious light, including those at special education needs schools. "The learner will never return to the school; however, an alternative school will be sourced for him after completion of his programme," Lesufi said. The pupil has started attending anger management and behavioural modification sessions.
- Read the full original report by Sesona Ngqakamba at News24
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