Teen takes own life after being bullied by a teacher
KZN Education says it's launched an investigation into claims a teenage girl took her own life in the south of Durban after being bullied by a teacher.
Please note the following story contains descriptions of suicide some might find upsetting.
It's alleged the 15-year-old was mistreated and mocked by a maths and physics teacher at a school in KwaMakhutha.
It was apparently after her mother raised concerns about her daughter's marks last month.
The girl was found at home and rushed to hospital where she died two weeks ago.
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The department's Muzi Mahlamni says officials have been deployed to get to the bottom of this matter...
"The Department of Education will send our district officials to work around this issue. Once they have completed and submitted their report we will then be advised by the recommendations of the report as to what steps to be taken."
Police have opened an inquest docket.
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