Mapaseka Khanye (12) was disqualified as the winner in the SABC’s Lights Camera Action Story Writing Competition. the Teacher published an interview with Khanye last month.
Khanye, a learner from Mampudi Primary School in Vosloorus on Gauteng’s East Rand, was disqualified after it was found that her story, titled There was a boy called little boy, had been lifted word for word from an already published work by Rita Phillips Mitchells.
SABC’s Jacqui Hlongwane-Papo moved quickly to disqualify Khanye and declared Dorcas Malahlela (16) from Southview High School in Lenasia South as the winner. Her story is about a girl who cannot swim.