Action after pupil attacked

The department of education in KwaZulu-Natal has suspended two Mathole High School pupils after a video of one of them attacking the other went viral.

“The [department] has summarily suspended two pupils, pending the disciplinary hearing, who attacked a pupil shown in the gruesome video clip that is being circulated on social media,” it said in a statement yesterday.

In the video, which went viral on Monday, a female pupil can be seen on the ground while another female pupils rips her underwear. The attacking pupil then begins throwing a flurry of punches as the other one helplessly takes the beating and pupils watch.

The department said the school was directed to finalise the disciplinary processes within seven days.

The department’s legal services officials have also been directed to assist the victim to open a police case. – News24 Wire