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No comment: St John’s Preparatory School in Johannesburg told the M&G it could not comment on the matter at this stage.

Sex pest teacher: Mom speaks out

Bereaved mother recalled her son’s 2022 suicide as a 52-year-old former teacher at the school appeared in court this week on 25 counts of indecent assault and sexual assault of…

The persistence of corporal punishment has often been attributed to a lack of support for the ban among teachers. (Delwyn Verasamy, MG)

Harsher sanctions sought against teachers who use corporal punishment 

Section27 has asked the South African Council of Educators to amend its mandatory sanctions policy to include rehabilitative and corrective measures for teachers who assault…

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

SAHRC hearings: The lies and incompetence behind bullying and crimes in schools

Some principals do not have the skills to compile bullying reports; others fear being victimised. This has led to children battling the scourge alone

Pervasive: A video of Lufuno Mavhunga being bullied at school went viral on social media. She took her life a day after the incident

Principals put lid on learner abuse

The Human Rights Commission inquiry into bullying and sex at schools in Limpopo has heard that some principals don’t report cases of a sexual nature that involve teachers and…

Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Minister shows her ignorance with  ‘educated men don’t rape’ remarks

Angie Motshekga was speaking to learners in a secondary school in Pretoria

The apparent benefits of the internship model need to be offset by operational, political and academic challenges

Teachers applying for jobs must be vetted more strictly

Two women in Mpumalanga taught children for 11 years without the necessary qualifications. They are not the only ones to have slipped through the screening system

The Sexual Offences Act criminalises sex with a person under the age of 16 by a person over the age of 18

Teachers having sexual relationships with learners is illegal

The Sexual Offences Act criminalises sex with a person under the age of 16 by a person over the age of 18

Students who participated in the “Let us protect our future” course were significantly less likely to report having raped someone even five years after the programme had ended. (Madelene Cronje, M&G)

Council of Educators yet to access sex offenders register when vetting teachers

​The SA Council of Educators has conceded that it has not used the Sex Offenders Register to vet teachers as it doesn’t have access to it

Protocols have now been established for school educators who are aged 60 and above and for those with comorbidities.

‘Teacher called my daughter a witch’

​The family of an Eastern Cape primary school pupil has obtained a court order against a teacher they allege has been tormenting their child

‘Motshoane was employed in a position of trust as a principal and that the department had entrusted him with the safety of the pupils’

No job for sex predator principal

The former headmaster of a Gauteng school has lost his fight in the labour court to be reinstated

Back to school: Institutions such as Unisa help aspiring teachers to gain work experience.

Internships would spawn ace teachers

Students studying to be teachers by distance learning should be given more time in classrooms

It is in the best interest of private schools and their communities to build on the country’s diversity and ensure that differences are encouraged and nurtured, not frowned upon

Private schools not above the law

The Constitution rules against discrimination and for the protection of children at all schools

Teachers disgusted by waste of levies

Teachers have expressed dismay at the ”waste” of levies they pay to the South African Council of Educators.

Dozens of sexual misconduct complaints against teachers

Twenty-seven complaints of sexual misconduct against teachers were received by the South African Council of Educators between January and October.