Limpopo teachers put fingers in primary schoolchildren’s underwear, SAHRC hears - The Mail & Guardian

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The Human Rights Commission in Limpopo is hosting hearings into bullying, corporal punishment and the sexual abuse of learners by teachers in the province.

in Limpopo heard on Tuesday that primary school learners in some schools are sexually assaulted by male teachers. This emerged on the first day of the commission’s hearings into bullying, corporal punishment and sexual relations between educators and learners in Limpopo., told the hearing that sexual harassment in schools has long existed but that there has not been a solution.

She argued that part of the problem is insufficient education in schools about the laws and what sexual harassment is. Hlakule said even though there were policies and procedures in schools to protect children against any form of sexual abuse, the people who were aware of them were the perpetrators and not the victims.

At this revelation, the Human Rights Commission asked Hlekani to provide further details and the school’s name so that it could follow up on the allegations.

 

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