Two Eastern Cape school pupils were severely assaulted, allegedly by teachers, with one so severely beaten that she was hospitalised, while the other is recovering at home.

Anitha Dokotela, a Grade 10 pupil at Toli Senior Secondary School in Lusikisiki, had to miss examinations this week as she was hospitalised after a deputy principal allegedly mercilessly beat her because she was “walking too slow” and was “cheeky”...