A magistrate court in Alexandra, Johannesburg,
has sentenced a school teacher, Philippine Rakosa, to one year imprisonment for
caning a grade two pupil.
The Sowetan newspaper
reported today that the teacher was jailed on Wednesday for hitting an eight
year pupil with a hosepipe for failing a class test.
The paper said the incident
occurred on Feb. 8, 2014, at Gordon`s Primary School in Alexandra, north of
Johannesburg.
The publication quoted the
Magistrate, Gideon Suhnetler, as saying that it was time teachers realised that
corporal punishment was outlawed in South Africa.
It said that a medical
doctor testified that the child suffered hand sepsis, a skin infection that
changed the wound to various colours.
“ Her hand no longer works
properly and there are fears it might not recover entirely, “ the doctor said.
The paper also said that
the pupil testified via video feed that the teacher assaulted her, claiming
that she had copied from another pupil.
According to the paper, the
pupil`s mother told the court that the teacher offered her bribe to close the
case.
The teacher, according to
the Sowetan, said she paid the money after being told to do so by her Head
Master.
Rakosa said the head master
wanted the matter settled before the media got the information...
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