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Johannesburg – A 16 year old South African student died following a beating on the head from his teacher who now faces possible murder charges.

Sizwe Kubheka died in hospital last week after the incident left him deaf and with blood clots coming from his nose.

According to the education department, the boy`s parents laid a charge of attempted murder before the boy died.

“The alleged beating happened at school,” said Gauteng province education spokeswoman Phumla Sekhonyane.

“The teacher has been arrested, we have taken him out of the school environment,” she told AFP, adding that the man was later released on bail.

“He is facing a very serious charge, in South Africa corporal punishment is completely outlawed,” she said.

Both the police and education authorities have launched investigations.

On March 17 Kubheka is said to have got home complaining of a headache and his mother gave him pain killers as they could not find transport to hospital.

His condition deteriorated.

“My boy was deaf just before he died. He couldn’t even hear or see us when we spoke with him at his bedside,” said Maria Kubheka.

“His left eye was swollen and wide open. He couldn’t even blink the eye.

“The last time I saw him, hours before he died, he had blood clots coming out through his mouth and nose.”

Corporal punishment was banned in South African schools in 1996 but students still get beaten.

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