A Cape Flats high school has launched an investigation into yet another fight involving pupils.
In the latest recording to emerge on social media this week, several schoolgirls wearing the uniform of Heathfield High School are seen attacking a fellow pupil in the street.
In the 30-second clip, recorded on a pupil’s cellphone, boys and girls in their green school uniform can be seen standing on the pavement, apparently waiting in anticipation for the victim to come along.
A meisie in a green school dress is alerted by a boy that another girl, wearing a grey skirt and school tracksuit jacket is coming, and eagerly pulls her along.
The girl in the dress hands her bag to a friend and goes straight at the victim in the skirt, smacking her and saying: ‘jou ma se * ***’.
ROWDY: The school brawl
The two then start fighting, hitting each other in the face and pulling each other’s hair, as the crowd shouts: ‘moer haar, moer haar!’
Other pupils can also be seen recording the fight on their phones.
A boy in blue jeans and a black jacket acts as a referee, waving his arms and asking everyone to give the girls space to fight.
A boy can be heard shouting to the girl in the dress: ‘moer her, get her on the floor, man!’
Motorists can be seen passing the brawl and a taxi driver at the corner hoots at the rowdy pupils.
A third girl, dressed in a grey skirt, white shirt and school tie, then joins the brawl and starts pounding the victim in her head with her fists.
PROVOCATIVE: The ‘referee’ of the fight
The “referee” then tries to separate the girls, but gives up and allows the fight to continue.
Millicent Merton, spokesperson for the Western Cape Education Department, says they are aware of the incident and the girls involved in the brawl have been brought to book.
“The incident is being dealt with in line with the school’s code of conduct. The disciplinary process is underway,” Merton said yesterday.
Last week, a video went viral of a 14-year-old girl being attacked by a gang of girls in Bonteheuwel.
The Grade 8 pupil was hospitalised and police confirmed a case of common assault was opened for investigation.
On Saturday, one of the girls involved in the assault, who is in matric, made a public apology, blaming peer pressure for her behaviour.
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