A final year education student from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University has been brutally assaulted by a grade 10 learner at Cingani High School in Motherwell.
The thirty-year old student teacher Khuselo Minnie told AlgoaFM News that he was giving students feedback on recent exam papers when the assault took place.
Minnie says when he requested to see the student's exam mark, the learner became aggressive and started to beat him with his bare hands.
He says he fell to the floor and was kicked and stomped on while other learners stared in fear and shock.
Minnie says other teachers came in the classroom to intervene.
"He was kicking me, I was on the floor, he was hitting me on my head, everywhere, on my whole body. I have been to the medical doctor and to the police station. I'm going to go back to the doctor. I have a bruise on my head, I was bleeding and my back is in excruciating pain." says Minnie.
In order to complete his degree Minnie has to complete his teaching practicals at Cingani High School for the duration of this year.
Minnie says the situation is not safe and that he has become fearful.
Police spokesperson, Captain Beetge confirmed a case of assault was opened at the Motherwell police station on Tuesday afternoon.
Meanwhile, a learner from a school in Kwazulu Natal has died after being stabbed during a fight between rival learners at a local school.
KZN police spokesperson, Colonel Jay Naicker, said a 20-year-old man was arrested for the death of a 16-year-old, Mbuyiseni Ntshangase.
He was one of two learners seriously injured during the fight and died on arrival at hospital.
Naicker says the suspect will appear in the Pongolo Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.
