{"id":272066,"date":"2025-10-22T11:23:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/eight-learners-suspended-following-milnerton-high-assault\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:20:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T11:20:38","slug":"eight-learners-suspended-following-milnerton-high-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/eight-learners-suspended-following-milnerton-high-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight learners suspended following Milnerton High assault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>CAPE TOWN <\/strong>&#8211;<strong> <\/strong>Eight Milnerton High learners suspended pending disciplinary action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Western Cape Education Department (WCED), Wednesday morning, confirmed disciplinary action was being taken against eight Milnerton High learners accused of bullying a fellow learner at the school, an incident also subject to police investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eight had been placed under precautionary suspension following last week&#8217;s assault at the school, the department confirmed in a statement released today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The action came after visuals of the incident had surfaced on social media showing a Grade 10 learner being physically and verbally assaulted by a group of boys on the school premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Bronagh Hammond, spokesperson for the WCED, the school conducted an internal investigation on Thursday 16 October, after the video went viral,. 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