Johannesburg - A disciplinary process will be held into whether a high school teacher encouraged two pupils to fight at a Pinetown school earlier this week, the provincial education department said on Thursday.
"We learnt about it through the media yesterday. We are now in contact with district officials. A disciplinary process will soon follow," spokesperson Isaac Luthuli told Sapa.
Isolezwe reported on Wednesday that a teacher at Nilgiri Secondary School in Pineview, Pinetown, had encouraged two Grade 11 pupils to fight.