The video, taken outside De Grendel High School in Milnerton, shows a foul-mouthed girl klapping another girl vuurwarm, all the while claiming the girl “has been taking her for a ****”.
According to the Western Cape Education Department (WCED), the incident occurred in March already.
The video surfaced on Facebook and WhatsApp this week, and drew angry responses from mense, with many calling for the alleged bully in the video to be suspended.
In the 26-second video, a girl wearing a scarf is seen standing opposite another girl outside the school. Both are in school uniform.
With dozens of schoolmates looking on, she says: “You don’t listen, jy. You don’t vark listen. “You take me aanmekaar for a ma se ****.”
She slaps the girl twice but misses her mark the third time.
“I am gonna make you in your **** every time I see you. Take me for a ****! Take me for a ****,” she skels.
The other girl does not respond or fight back.
WCED spokesperson, Jessica Shelver, says the incident reportedly occurred in March.
“The school dealt with the matter in terms of their code of conduct. In terms of the school’s processes, the matter is considered as closed,” she says
She added that the alleged victim has laid an assault charge with police.
On Facebook, some people questioned the authenticity of the video, questioning if the fight was staged and whether or not it was a result of the alleged bully being treated badly.
“What if her actions is a result of lies and gossip like so many teenagers do today? Bear in mind that you’re only entertaining one side of the story, so how can you judge? Not even a court of law judge the way you do [sic],” one person wrote.
October is Bully Awareness Month and on Wednesday, Education MEC Debbie Schäfer issued a statement calling for schools to implement policies on social media and social networking as bully tactics are developing with modern technology.
“Cyberbullying is the wilful, deliberate and repeated harm inflicted by using computers, cellphones and other electronic devices. As recent news reports have shown, cases of cyber-bullying can spread fast and become viral in a matter of hours.”
She says in March the department issued guidelines to schools on how to deal with cyberbullying