Teaching on hold at uBulinga after allegations of corporal punishment
SANDF and police officers have been deployed to monitor the tense situation at uBulinga High School
Teaching came to a halt today (July 17) at uBulinga High School in the eMoyeni area of Bergville, with protesting parents accusing the teachers of using corporal punishment.
This comes after a 20-year-old learner at the school was admitted to Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital in Durban.
It is alleged that the 20-year-old was hit by a teacher with a steel pipe within the school premises, which caused damage to the pupil’s spinal cord.
Incensed parents have taken to the streets of eMoyeni, and school activities are currently at a standstill.
The situation at the school is reported to be tense, with law enforcement officers (SANDF and police) having been deployed to make sure matters don’t get out of hand.
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Two community members were arrested this morning, which caused the protesters to become even more livid.
Read the full story in next week’s edition of the Ladysmith Gazette.
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