Education dept to take 'strongest action possible' against learner in violent KZN assault video
10 August 2017
Johannesburg – The Department of Basic Education has vowed to take "the strongest action possible" against a male learner who was caught on video "violently assaulting" a female learner at a KwaZulu-Natal school.
"The video, clearly filmed on a school premises believed to be in KwaZulu-Natal, depicts a male learner violently assaulting a female learner. The department will ensure that the strongest action possible is taken against the offending learner," spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said in a statement on Thursday.
The department also promised to arrange medical examination and any other support that the female learner would need, as soon as they identified her.
The video, which was posted on Twitter by @Tumisole on Sunday shows the young female learner being kicked and hit by a male learner wearing a blue and white school uniform, in what looks like the school corridors.