Yeah, the Sans Souci Slap Saga (henceforth referred to as SSSS) is still ongoing.

Last time we covered the drama, the student’s mother had come to her defence, and both the student and the teacher had been suspended.

The mother claimed that her daughter had been provoked by the teacher, and the teacher’s body language inflamed the situation, rather than calmed things.

Here’s the update, where mom is definitely not happy, which News24 published at 10:30PM last night:

The suspension of the Sans Souci Girls’ High School pupil, who was slapped by a teacher in a video that went viral, was upheld at her disciplinary hearing on Thursday.

The pupil’s mother, in clear distress, addressed a crowd that gathered outside: “They (Sans Souci) never cared about my daughter. They never consulted her. They don’t care. The suspension of my daughter continues.”

She said the principal called her aside before the hearing and “advised” her to take her daughter to another school…

On Thursday night, the pupil’s mother said she did not want to speak to the media because she was “very emotional” because “my daughter was not given a fair chance”.

“The Constitution provides that every child has a right to education, but this school is depriving my child of an education,” she said.

It does seem like advising the parent to remove the student from the school is a little heavy-handed, right?

Then again, according to Sans Souci, there’s a laundry list of charges against the student:

The pupil faces numerous charges, including intimidation by verbal and physical threat intended to harm a person; ignoring or failing to carry out specific instructions; actions which bring the school’s name into disrepute; violating the rights of other learners to receive education by disrupting classes, preventing teachers from teaching; and violating the rights of the teacher to carry out their task to the detriment of the school, staff, teacher and fellow learners.

Whilst the legal eagles representing the student believe that the teacher was in the wrong, the school clearly disagrees.

Oh, you didn’t think this update wouldn’t include a political party protesting to score cheap points, did you?

Outside the school premises, a small group of supporters, mainly dressed in EFF regalia, defended the pupil and held placards which read: “No to child abuse.” They danced and sang as proceedings took place inside.

Standard practice.

[source:news24]