The Gauteng department of education has suspended a Soweto teacher who was arrested for allegedly administering 92 lashes to a grade 11 pupil as punishment.
The 16-year-old girl from Tetelo Secondary School in Protea North had allegedly exceeded the word count in an essay assignment when she was beaten with a pipe.
As a result of the assault, the teenage girl, who cannot be named to protect her identity, suffered blisters and blood clots on her left hand and had to receive treatment in hospital. She is also undergoing trauma counselling.
