A teacher will serve a one-year jail sentence after a
Alexandra Magistrates Court magistrate sentenced her to six years behind bars,
with five years suspended for assaulting a pupil with a hosepipe in February
last year.
Alexandra Magistrates Court magistrate sentenced her to six years behind bars,
with five years suspended for assaulting a pupil with a hosepipe in February
last year.
Handing down the sentence, Magistrate Gideon Suhnetler, who
has certainly set the precedent as this is the first time in South Africa a
teacher has been sentenced to prison, said it was high time teachers started
respecting that corporal punishment has no place in the country, Sowetan
reported on Friday.
has certainly set the precedent as this is the first time in South Africa a
teacher has been sentenced to prison, said it was high time teachers started
respecting that corporal punishment has no place in the country, Sowetan
reported on Friday.
According to the paper, Grade 2 teacher at Gordon’s Primary
in Alexandra, Philippine Mamohalepule Rakosa assaulted an 8-year-old with a
hosepipe for failing a test.
in Alexandra, Philippine Mamohalepule Rakosa assaulted an 8-year-old with a
hosepipe for failing a test.
The paper also reports that a medical doctor testified that
the child suffered hand sepsis – a skin infection that changes a wound to
various colours.
the child suffered hand sepsis – a skin infection that changes a wound to
various colours.
Gauteng department of education spokeswoman Phumla
Sekhonyane said the ruling would send a strong message to teachers who break
the law.
Sekhonyane said the ruling would send a strong message to teachers who break
the law.
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