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Free State principal appears over alleged assault of special needs pupil

Cape Town – A Free State school principal appeared in the Dewetsdorp Magistrate's Court today on a charge of assault.

Following a protest by pupils, which led to the 62-year-old Jimmy Roos School principal, Sakkie Joubert, being attacked, he had handed himself over to the police, the Bloemfontein Courant reported. This after a video trending on social media depicted him allegedly assaulting a pupil at the special needs school, which is 75km south-east of Bloemfontein. Joubert denies hitting the boy and claims he is not the man seen in the video.In the video, Joubert is allegedly seen hitting a pupil several times at a hostel at around 10.19pm on Friday, August 16 last year. The victim is believed to be a 15-year-old boy.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

 

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