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The Durban High Court has ordered the KwaZulu-Natal education department to pay damages of R3.9m to a former pupil, accidentally hit by a teacher.
The Mercury reports that the teacher hit the young boy in the eye with the tip of his belt, while he was beating another pupil.
The incident happened 10 years ago, when Simphiwe Shange was a Grade 9 pupil at a High School in Eshowe.
Shange was left partially blind in his right eye, after deputy-principal, Moses Biyela unbuckled his belt and hit another pupil.
The paper reported that the claim included the costs for loss of earnings, future eye operations, special school fees, and general damages.
