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TimesLIVE reports that Mpumalanga's education department confirmed on Sunday that a Witbank teacher who was suspended for allegedly locking a grade 1 learner in a strongroom overnight had been arrested.
A department spokesperson said the 30-year-old female teacher from Blackhill Primary School was arrested on Friday. Brigadier Leonard Hlathi confirmed the arrest and indicated: "She has been charged with child neglect and kidnapping." The teacher was scheduled to appear in the Witbank Magistrate's Court on Monday. The child spent the night locked in the strongroom after the teacher "forgot" about him. His parents started getting worried after he was not home at the usual time on Wednesday and searched in vain before telling police their child was missing. The following morning, they were told that the teacher had forgotten the learner in the strongroom. The department is investigating the incident and has offered counselling to the learner and family.
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