Parktown Boys’ High School principal Malcolm Williams was suspended on Friday, 10 days after Enock Mpianzi drowned in the Crocodile River in the North West, during a school trip.
Lesufi said: “We have concluded that the principal of the school is the delegated authority with the responsibility for the safety of our pupils in schools. We have taken a decision to immediately suspend the principal of Parktown Boys and to serve him with a suspension letter in order for the investigation to proceed without hindrance.”
“The suspension letter was released this morning based on the preliminary report of the investigation but I cannot go into detail,” he said.“The school made an application to the district to approve the trip. However, by the time the school embarked on this trip the district and head office had not approved the trip, thus making this trip to be an unauthorised activity,” he said.
Lol PR. We know he ain’t going nowhere coz the Edu Dept has thee most terrible employment policy and firing teachers on complex things like this is closer to impossible. I’m sure they begged him to step aside just to ease public pressure!
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