The 17-year-old arrested and convicted for the murder of a North West teacher at his school was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday.
“We are really struggling and some days he would go to school on an empty stomach.”Earlier this week, a 14-year-old grade five pupil was stabbed to death by a 13-year-old classmate with a pair of scissors.
The SA Democratic Teachers Union said the child was certified dead on arrival at the Atamelang Clinic. “As Sadtu we view this in an extremely serious light ... We have had numerous cases of violence reported in the recent past and just after the latest national safety summit,” provincial secretary George Themba said.
Provincial education MEC Sello Lehari said: “On behalf of the department I would like to convey our sincere condolences to the family ... This has been a very unfortunate incident. We never thought we could lose one of our learners like this. On March 7 and 8, as a department, we are going to hold a provincial safety seminar to deal with all safety issues in our school.”
The scissor stabbing came just days after a teacher was assaulted by a parent at the Leema Primary School at Tlhatlhaganyane, also in the North West.reported that the teacher was left bloodied and bruised after the parent assaulted her with an umbrella.
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