“A Gauteng pupil has died of suicide after complaining about being a target of bullying and humiliation, allegedly by her teacher, after she was a teen mother.”

“Precious “Cucu” Ndlovu allegedly told her mother that the teacher blamed her for everything wrong in class, would pull her hair and ask if she thought the classroom was a maternity ward and also accused her of sleeping in class because she had become a mother at a young age.”

“Precious, 17... took her life last Wednesday.”

“the alleged bullying by the teacher at Phandimfundo Secondary School.”

“The Etwatwa teenager died shortly after Ndlovu dropped her off at her grandmother’s home, leaving behind a seven-month-old daughter”

“Makhubo told Ndlovu that Precious had run into the yard complaining that she felt hot before collapsing and foaming at the mouth.”

“Precious was rushed to a nearby clinic but was declared dead on arrival.”

“pupils staged a protest outside the school last Friday, demanding the teacher’s removal.”