A video of a pupil attacking a bus driver while the vehicle was in motion made rounds on social media.
The Mpumalanga department of education is in agreement with the decision to suspend the 19-year old grade 11 pupil by the school governing body of Hoérskool Oosterland in Secunda after he was found guilty of breaking the school code of conduct, Mpumalanga News reports.
A video in which the pupil was seen attacking a bus driver while the vehicle was in motion made rounds on social media.
In the clip posted by education department spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga, the pupil could be heard verbally abusing the driver before grabbing and punching him in the head. Other pupils in the bus are heard screaming, asking the driver to stop the bus.
This resulted in a disciplinary hearing that was conducted on Tuesday 8 September 18 2018 by the school governing body where a decision to suspend the pupil for seven days was reached while the school is processing its recommendations to the head of department for consideration.
Watch video of student assaulting bus driver:
South African student in Mpumalanga beating up the bus driver while the bus is moving#SouthAfrica #Mpumalanga pic.twitter.com/X8w5BBV3gZ
— Povo South Africa (@povosouthafrica) September 19, 2018
