Nolusindiso Hleko, who teaches English, was allegedly assaulted by the human resource manager at a kindergarten school in Shanghai, China, where she worked. With a swollen black eye, Hleko on Thursday uploaded a video on YouTube, "My Worst Year Abroad", detailing her harrowing ordeal after a disagreement with the preschool manager.

She has since left the country for Germany, which she had considered moving to from Korea before choosing China instead.

Hleko detailed her experience in a four-minute video clip in which she explained what happened and how she had to run for her life.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD09gDeCzuQ?si=XeZz3Gr0-sDoR6QX

“On Wednesday, August 23, during a disagreement, the HR manager at my job, a guy, punched me in the face. After he punched me I was screaming, trying to get out of his office. He pushed me down on the couch, telling me I need to sit down.

“I screamed and I was trying to get my cellphone so I could take pictures and videos of what was happening. Instead, he grabbed my cellphone and said he didn’t have my cellphone anymore. I don’t know how I got out of that office, but somehow I got out and I was running in the passage of this kindergarten trying to get help.”

She met a woman who could speak English after she managed to get out of the preschool without her belongings, including her cellphone.

The woman called the police and they went back to the preschool. “When we arrived at the kindergarten, they gathered everything that belonged to me on the table, telling me the reason they were preventing me leaving is because they wanted me to calm down so they can call the police to resolve the issue,” she said.

Hleko said she made a video because there were so many workers abroad suffering at the hands of employers who disobey the law and treat them poorly.

“I am also making this video because I feel powerless in this situation,” she said.

"They told me that if I talk to anybody or go to the media about the situation that they would sue me or that I would have to go to jail and get deported. They also threatened to put me on some teacher's blacklist in China so that I would never get a job in China."

Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) spokesperson Clayson Monyela said he spoke to Hleko about her experience with the embassy.

He said if South Africans in another country suffer abuse or are subjected to harm, they should report the matter to the police in that country and inform the embassy.

When Africans suffer like this I blame the leaders of Africa. The ones that want to feed fat on ready made good and neglects the development of Africa. God will judge.

Is this racism or xenophobia?
I want to check something

The same way you treat foreigners in your country.

Sorry girl

judatech:
Is this racism or xenophobia?

I want to check something

Checked. It's China's systemic culture of human rights abuses.

Vyzz:
The same way you treat foreigners in your country.

Have u bore witness to how she treats foreigners in SA?😕😕

Africa has everything that will make all Africans not to step out of Africa but still live over-comfortably, unfortunately, African leaders have always been the bane of Africa

Hleko.......am really sad about what happened to her, I think this should pass a message to her home country SA on how other foreigners feel when they do same to them labeling it Xenophobic........ it's really sad. But China's Authorities should look into all these human rights abuses that happens there almost everyday.

Even for 100k dollars per month.......I won't work in a country that doesn't have up to 80% English speakers....... I can't even dream of it.

oz4real83:
Africa has everything that will make all Africans not to step out of Africa but still live over-comfortably, unfortunately, African leaders have always been the bane of Africa

tribalistic, religious bigots who make up 60% of African population actually voted for their wicked leaders. So the joke is on the citizens not the leaders.

Ruke1989:
tribalistic, religious bigots who make up 60% of African population actually voted for their wicked leaders. So the joke is on the citizens not the leaders.

mention some countries in the 60% you mentioned and let's research if elections in those countries were credible,free and fair, if people's votes counted.

SA justice !

It's really saddening to hear such stories of what African go through abroad..
When are we going to develop our own Africa.

The Chinese man did not want tou to destroy his country

Wetin him don go teach these Chinko them now?

Many Nigerians work as English teachers in China

Many are traders

This one go run her mouth to taichi kungfu master pikin




.

Chinese men don’t do that “never hurt a woman” thing. Learn to defend yourself as a woman. She’s better off in Germany where men are disadvantaged in mixed gender issues. My future children are going to learn both boxing and karate. They will never be victims in situations where fighting back is an option.

TMKsouth:


Checked. It's China's systemic culture of human rights abuses.

Wannahowzit-wannapost -MzansiCoolio you live and breath on our forum. 😂😂

Vyzz:
The same way you treat foreigners in your country.

Sorry girl

The same way tou treat black especially Nigerians in your country

I thought South Africa was perfect and they don't migrate to other countries in search of greener pastures?

No I doubt this story, this must be fake news.
🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️

Serves her right.

The so-called China that idiotic Africans and African leaders are looking up to.
China, a communist country with no good intentions.
But then, South Africans are also dangerous to migrants. Sometimes, I don't feel like pitying racists and tribalists when they fall into similar pits they dig for others

Chinko no get yansh you say make dem twerk.
You don see wetin you dey find na.

Chinese kids ain't joking... go and verify

Chaiiiii… immigration no be beans o!
Person go leave mama & papa to go hustle for foreign land…

May God help everyone out there! Ire o!

I hate to say this but I see Karma's hand written all around it.

When they did this to Nigerians in their country nothing happened afterwards.

Let her endure what ever she's getting now

It's China. Nothing will happen.

Lol

Wetin you do before Dem punch your face? Lie lie people. There was a disagreement abi?
Wetin cause am?
Who come start the wahala?
Nobody go give you dis kain black eye if you never use your mouth talk rubbish!

judatech:
Is this racism or xenophobia?
I want to check something

Let her feel the pains of what they do to fellow Africans in SA. Xenophobia