A granny called thrash

Gauteng MEC for Education addressing the community

A teacher from Fred Norman Secondary School in Ennerdale has been suspended after her racial words towards a learner’s grandmother who was uncalled for when she said to the granny that she is thrash and she also stated that she does not like coloured people. 

 

This comes after the teacher is believed to leak the video, she took showing the granny trying to explain the situation, but the teacher refuse to listen, and the grannies voice went loud. The incident took place on Friday, 12 August at the school.  This comes after the learner was not allowed into her history class and the granny could not understand why her granddaughter was not allowed to be in class. 

The learner’s name and those if her family members may noy be mentioned for her own protection but her father explained that his mother-in-law was informed to return to the school in order to speak to the teacher. 

“I wish to bring to your attention the incident referred to above. The incident stated when, visited the school on Wednesday 10 August 2022 to see the principal about the racist verbal assaults against my daughter by said teacher. My mother in law was then informed to return on Friday in order to speak with the teacher. 

“On Thursday however, the said teacher, not only verbally abused my daughter again, after various learners asked the teacher to please be lenient towards Tatum, since she was still in morning after the loss of her sister. Said teacher responded by saying that she did not care where, how or whether her sister had hung herself. Incidentally, her sister had died in a motor car accident. This gross insensitivity on the part of an educator will haunt me forever, and I am certain it will haunt my daughter too. 

On Friday, my mother in law went to the school however, because the principal was busy and could not see her, she went to the said teacher’s classroom to try and resolve the problem amicably,” said Daniels.

“My daughter has been completely traumatized; therefore, she will decidedly need counselling and equally importantly she must not be allowed to suffer academically, since she is in her penultimate matric year. 

“I demand justice for my daughter, my mother in law and all the other pupils that have been ill-treated, mishandled and traumatized at the hands of this educator. In addition, I demand a public apology on all media, including WhatsApp and Facebook as well,” he ended.

Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi visited the school on Tuesday, 16 August where he addressed the community who were there. Lesufi said the teacher has been  suspended and that the matter will not be taken lightly and he felt personally disturbed by the incident that took place. He stated that they first suspend and an appeal is put in to dismiss. “There is no justification at what happened here,” said Lesufi.

Reacting to a question from Eldorado Times on  returning among learners discipline, Lesufi said: “When you say the word discipline you mean the cane. You are putting it nicely, it is the cane and I say government is government of people, it must listen to the people. I am saying this we passed this laws because we had a vision of pupils who are well behaved. We never thought we will have these kinds of pupils when the law was passed.”