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Fin24 reports that Clarissa Venter, the Afrikaans teacher who was captured on video when she slapped a Grade 9 pupil, will return to work in the second term.
Venter, 34, had slapped the pupil after the child shoved her during an altercation over a book at Sans Souci Girls' High School in Cape Town. They laid assault charges against each other and their criminal cases are running separately in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court. Jessica Shelver, spokesperson for Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer, said on Friday that the disciplinary process against Venter had concluded. "The SGB (school governing body) has ratified its decision that the teacher receives a fine, final warning and anger management sessions," she said. Venter is expected to return to work on 2 April. Her criminal case has been postponed to 18 April for further investigation. At the beginning of the month, the mother of the pupil announced that she had decided to withdraw her child from the school.
- Read the original of Jenna Etheridge’s report on this story at News24
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