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BULLYING

SAHRC hearings: The lies and incompetence behind bullying and crimes in schools

Some principals do not have the skills to compile bullying reports; others fear being victimised. This has led to children battling the scourge alone

  • Bongekile Macupe
6 min read
A report by the Centre for Risk Analysis shows that more rural provinces such as Eastern Cape are underperforming compared to more urbanised ones.(Photo by Sandile Ndlovu/Sowetan/ Gallo Images /Getty Images)
BOKANKATLA MALATJI

Limpopo social development lambasted for not supporting Mbilwi school after suicide of Lufuno Mavhunga

The department appeared before the commission hearings on issues of bullying and corporal punishment in schools

  • Bongekile Macupe
4 min read
Pervasive: A video of Lufuno Mavhunga being bullied at school went viral on social media. She took her life a day after the incident
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

Principals put lid on learner abuse

The Human Rights Commission inquiry into bullying and sex at schools in Limpopo has heard that some principals don’t report cases of a sexual nature that involve teachers and…

  • Bongekile Macupe
6 min read
An international children’s organisation has told the South African Human Rights Commission that teachers in Limpopo who have long been in the profession use corporal punishment because that is the only form of discipline they know.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

‘Teachers do not know better than using corporal punishment’

This was revealed on the second day of provincial hearings into bullying, corporal punishment and sexual relations between teachers and learners by the Human Rights Commission

  • Bongekile Macupe
3 min read
CHILDLINE

Limpopo teachers put fingers in primary schoolchildren’s underwear, SAHRC hears

The Human Rights Commission in Limpopo is hosting hearings into bullying, corporal punishment and the sexual abuse of learners by teachers in the province

  • Bongekile Macupe
5 min read
The department of basic education will, from this month until next year, embark on roadshows as part of an awareness campaign to address violence and bullying in schools.
BONGIWE MBINQO GIGABA

Education department to run campaign against bullying

Incidents of violence and bullying at schools have been on the spotlight recently

  • Bongekile Macupe
3 min read
1000 WOMEN

Bullying overwhelms teachers and education system

The suicide of a learner and graphic footage of how she was bullied has highlighted the issue once more, but teachers say they are overwhelmed

  • Bongekile Macupe
7 min read
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BULLYING

‘I was bullied and I still carry the scars’

Bongekile Macupe had self-esteem issues because of how she was belittled in primary school.

  • Bongekile Macupe
4 min read