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The MEC of education in the North West, Ntsetao Viola Motsumi, has been ordered to pay an aggrieved mother R30,000 after her son was assaulted by a teacher with a stick. The order was made by North West High Court in Mafikeng after the mother sought relief claiming R7 million for future medical expenses, loss of amenities of life, and pain and suffering. The incident happened in August 2015 after her then five-year-old son came back from school and reported that he was assaulted with a knobkierie on his hand by his teacher.
Days later, his hand changed colour, turned blue, and she took him to the clinic for medical treatment. When there was no improvement then she took him back to the clinic, and he was referred to a hospital for further medical treatment. She also reported the incident at the school.
In court, the mother was confronted with the fact that in her statement to the police, she mentioned a stick and not a knobkierie, to which she replied that her son told her that it was a knobkierie. An educational psychologist..
. Sinenhlanhla Masilela.
