A Brits teacher has pleaded guilty to assaulting a grade 1 pupil in an internal education department hearing, it was reported on Monday.

The teacher, Tebogo Marothodi of Frikkie Smit Primary in Skeerpoort near Brits in the North West, had a month’s pay docked as punishment, The Times reported.  

She still faces a criminal charge of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm in the Brits Magistrate’s Court.

The child, eight-year-old Benjamin Amogelang Nakedi, said he was hit five times with a black board duster on the right hand for being rowdy in class. The incident happened last year.

The boy spent a week in hospital and needed two operations to remove a wood chip embedded in his thumb.

His family has filed a civil claim against the education department for R300,000 to cover hospital expenses, pain and suffering.

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Fri May 24 08:25:06 SAST 2013 ::

Mar 12, 2012

maneater

yo yo yooooo operation for being hit by a duster? ( whatever happened to a niddle to remove that splinter?) and a R300 000 claim on top. and the boy was rowdy?? man my std 4 teacher would have given me 10 good ones on my behind and then tell my father who would have added to the beating.
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Mar 12, 2012

Shredder

Daai boy is te swaak. Rona ne bare setla ka thupa ya moretlwa 10 times mo maragong.
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Mar 12, 2012

sakhomba

let me guess.Benjy o rogile ngwana omonwe ka mmage. ma'am Tebogo adi kena Benjy ammotsa taba tsa gage le yena. chances are Benjy's granny owns the local shebeen. phela when there is a shebeen at your place you get to know all the local scandals. somebody give Benjamin a bell's.
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Mar 12, 2012

MommaC

Two operations and a week in hospital?
How big was that splinter?

Mrs Lyons just used to throw the damn duster at us. She should have been a spin bowler for the Proteas. That old dame was damn accurate
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Mar 12, 2012

Sinudeity

Awww shame, the poor angel :P


When I was in school, we received 8 jacks for misbehaving. No wonder the kids nowadays are growing up to be such pussies.
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Mar 12, 2012

SexyAngel

Eish, and we wonder why there are so many gays in our society, lol...
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Mar 12, 2012

TDK

Ai lena la pota man. Ha! Ha! Ha!
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Mar 12, 2012

TDK

Ha! Ha! Ha! You're all cracking me.
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Mar 12, 2012

GODESS

you guys are so funny, Sakhomba lol
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Mar 12, 2012

RobinH

Although I do not condone corporal punishment in schools, one must also be realistic. It happens. And with respect, we seem to be breeding a nation of complete wimps. My matric class in 1969 had 48 pupils and we were just your average normal naughty schoolkids. I seem to have spent half my classroom-life ducking board erasers flung at my head by the teacher from the other side of the class. It was routine to get caned if you scored lower than 10th in a test. I was caned for bringing a copy of the newly released record of Jesus Christ Superstar to school. But we all survived and most of my schoolmates have made a fair go of their careers. With respect, this is pathetic.
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