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Glenvista High School in Johannesburg called a parents' meeting on Tuesday after a video clip of a teacher and two pupils fighting went viral last week.

Glenvista High School in Johannesburg called a parents' meeting on Tuesday after a video clip of a teacher and two pupils fighting went viral last week.

The principal of Glenvista High School, Thobile Morgan, has admitted fighting among pupils and bullying were big problems at the school.

Morgan was addressing pupils during a parents' meeting at the Johannesburg school on Tuesday after a video clip of a teacher and two pupils, using a chair and a desk to attack each other in a classroom, went viral last week.

In the clip, a Grade 9 pupil can be seen attempting to throw a punch at the teacher.

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