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Mpumalanga legislators gun for teacher who hid rape complaint
Sunday World
|SW June 01 2025 edition
Eight-year-old pupil allegedly told to remain silent
Mpumalanga lawmakers have thrown their weight behind growing public outrage after revelations that a teacher allegedly silenced and dismissed an eight-year-old pupil's complaint that she was raped during a school trip in the province.
The incident, which occurred on May 8 during a choir competition at Platorand Special School near Belfast, involved pupils from Mpilonhle Primary School in Dullstroom.
According to police, a 15-year-old boy has been identified as a suspect, arrested and released into parental custody pending further legal decisions.
During a sitting in Mbombela on Friday, MK Party member in the provincial legislature, Moses Ndimande, called for accountability.
"Recently, an eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped and harassed by a group of boys in the school bathroom," he told fellow legislators.
This story is from the SW June 01 2025 edition edition of Sunday World.
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