The North West Department of Education says an investigation is underway after a 14-year-old learner committed suicide allegedly after he was assaulted by a teacher at the Living Faith Secondary School in Mafikeng, North West. According to information at the department's disposal, the boy and another learner were involved in a physical fight when a teacher was called to intervene. It is further alleged that the teacher then assaulted both the learners in the school's staffroom. Later, the boy was found lifeless at his home, after he committed suicide. For more on this, here is North West provincial Education Department Spokesperson, Elias Malindi