THE mother of a child who was injured when a teacher assaulted the pupil by piercing his left eye with a pencil, which penetrated into the brain behind the eye, is due to receive more than R2.5 million from the Gauteng Education Department after she instituted a damages claim.
The mother turned to the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, following an incident in August 2014, when the child was only 6 years old. He is now 16 and blind in his left eye as a result of the pencil incident.
The MEC for Education in Gauteng was sued in a representative capacity as a nominal defendant for claims arising against the child’s former primary school. The MEC earlier accepted liability on behalf of the teacher and the school and the court…
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Cape Times (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2024-09-03