The mother of the Laerskool Randfontein (Ram) pupil who was recently bullied both physically and verbally by a large group of his fellow classmates has taken to the media about the incident.
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The mother wished not to be named because of the serious nature of the incident. She spoke to Radio Sonder Grense journalist, Jacques Steenkamp.
“It was heartbreaking. No parent should ever go through something like this,” she said.
She said she had opened a case against the learners who attacked her son. This was confirmed by Captain Appel Ernst, spokesperson for the Randfontein Police.
The pupil’s mother said he was traumatised after the incident. She goes on to explain that he suffered various physical injuries but luckily none of which were serious.
“Basically, on his hand, some of the bones on his hand moved back from the kicks that he got on the hand itself. He had bruises, a broken lip… but thank God he didn’t get severely injured,” she told Steenkamp.
View the second video here:
Warning: This video has explicit language and is not for sensitive viewers.
https://youtu.be/uSGCqlt-vNk
The pupil who attacked the victim has was said to have been suspended.
Phumla Sekonyane of the Gauteng Department of Education has confirmed that there is currently a disciplinary hearing at the school which is being conducted by the department.
It believed that the school may not comment as the matter is now in the department’s hands.
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