School suspends cook seen beating pupil in video clip
18 September 2017
Johannesburg - The woman seen in a short video clip beating a pupil from a special needs school in a bus has been charged with assault and suspended from by the Johannesburg school.
This follows the surfacing of a short video showing a woman on a school bus beating a Grade 8 pupil, who has a bipolar disorder, which is characterised by extreme shifts in mood, energy and functioning.
In the clip which went viral, the bus driver intervenes and says, "myekele (leave her alone)", but the woman continues beating the child.
The driver pulls the woman off the pupil and, together with another pupil, they then aggressively push the pupil off the bus.