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Sunday World reports that the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has suspended a teacher assistant accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old pupil at Ema Primary School in Winterveldt, Pretoria.
He allegedly called the Grade 7 learner a bitch that liked boys and went on to touch her breasts. Two other pupils witnessed the incident, with one informing a teacher and the other reaching out to the parents after school. The teacher assistant was only recently suspended in respect of the case, which was originally registered in August. GDE spokesperson Steve Mabona confirmed that the alleged perpetrator had been officially suspended.
However, he did not respond to a question about the conduct of the principal, who according to the pupil’s father, held a disciplinary hearing without informing the Tshwane West education district and the social worker that was meant to represent the pupil. Instead, the child was reportedly represented by the school governing body (SGB), despite perceived bias in that the accused’s mother is alleged a member of the SGB. A Gauteng police spokesperson confirmed that a sexual assault and crimen injuria case lodged in respect of this matter had been withdrawn.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Boitumelo Kgobotlo at Sunday World
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