The Northern Cape education department said 3 teachers were suspended on Friday for purportedly having "Sexual relationships" with students at a high school in Kuruman,.

On Thursday, Van der Merwe said sixteen students had fallen pregnant at the school over a period of 3 years.

Northern Cape police spokesperson Olebogeng Tawana revealed that no case has been lodged against the 3 teachers.

In March, Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga said 8,700 primary & high school students fell pregnant in 2016, with 157 of them in the Northern Cape.