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GONE FOREVER: Sibongile Khathwayo mourns for her son Sebenele. He died after he was allegedly assaulted by his teacher. With her is Sebenele's aunt, Mary Mlangeni.PHOTO: SIBONGILE MASHABA

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They have called for the removal of the teacher, whose name is known to Sowetan, because she "abuses our children".

Sebenele Ndlovu's father, Solomon Ndlovu, said if the teacher were not removed from the profession there would be many more children to bury in the village.

"She must be fired. Our children always complain about her beating them up. Now she has killed my son. If she is not removed from the profession she will continue beating other children and will kill them as well," said Ndlovu, whose son was buried on Saturday.

Ndlovu said he would stop at nothing until the teacher was arrested and justice done.

The teacher allegedly assaulted Sebenele with a broomstick on June 3 for missing school on June 1.

When he ran crying out of the classroom the teacher allegedly ordered his classmates to go and "beat him up because he was pissing her off". They allegedly carried out the instruction.

"This has been hard on us. He wanted to be a policeman but now his dream is shattered," Ndlovu said.

Ndlovu, whose family live in a hut made of tree trunks and is roofed with plastic, said when Sebenele was first taken to the clinic for treatment the nurses only gave him some pills "for his broken arm".

"He died at about 11.30pm on Friday, He was bleeding through his nose and mouth. His arm and leg were swollen," said Sebenele's aunt, Mary Mlangeni.

Mpumalanga police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Hlathi said the postmortem showed that Sebenele died of "unnatural causes".

"Investigations are continuing. The docket will be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions, once the investigation is done, for a decision on whether to prosecute or not."

A parent from the area told Sowetan that the same teacher beat up her son for missing school last year.

"My son had tonsillitis. He did not go to school for three days. When he went on the fourth day the teacher beat him up with a stick.

"I asked my son if he had not told her that he had been sick but he said he was not given the chance.

"Clearly she saw that he was sick but she still beat him up. I did not do anything about the punishment," said the woman, who declined to be named to protect the identity of her son.

"That teacher must be stopped. We send our children to learn but she beats them up." she said.

- mashabas@sowetan.co.za

• This article was first published in the printed newspaper on 18 June 2012

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Jun 19, 2012

Kgonatsagago

This is really f*u*c*ke*d up, what is going whith the so called teacher, if it was my son, she was next to follow. I'm disgusted in the manner the educators behave this days, if they aint sexually abusing our kids they are killing them. I think government needd to change their recruitment process when coming to teachers. they should get evaluated by psychiatrist before being employed maybe this nonses will stop.


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Jun 19, 2012

ndhandhazi

R10 000 000.00 FOR THE FAMILY.
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Jun 19, 2012

Tsomo

How can she do that to such an innocent child ! But God is watching.
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Jun 19, 2012

iPhone4

OMG this is scary send other kids to beat him up so we have murderers running around the school? Aziyokhishwa iqunga lezozingane
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Jun 19, 2012

Blackstone.lebs

ag nee man how can a teacher be so cruel? this insane ho must be removed from society, how do send kids to assault their fellow classmate and still go back to work as if nothing happened? this woman is beyond sick
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Jun 19, 2012

Mwelase

Its very impossible to beat a child to death. That Educator uyisigaxa Mabhandi, meaning unesihlungu sezinyoka ezinoshevu omubi noqindezelayo. Makusetshenzwe isidumbu sengane, Usindile thishela ndini, cause if it was my child ubuzobona u Casbar Day light during your lecturing.
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Jun 19, 2012

tops

yho my son ws in re-school last yr and he told me that teachers ae beating him up and i stop taking him to that school.


cant imagine the pain the family is suffering...
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Jun 19, 2012

Papage

she must be on drugs of some sort.
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Jun 19, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

South Africa needs to send the civil servants for anger management and people's skills.......

It is nurses, police, teachers.......... jeeez no wonder kids are so fukced up,
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Jun 19, 2012

shaharazad

she does not need anger management, a long sentence (life) with hard labour is what she needs
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