Male teacher molesting young boys

South Africa –

A male teacher has been placed on administrative leave by the Mpumalanga Department of Education following allegations that he assaulted young boys at a local school. The teacher from KwaMhlanga’s Siboniwe Primary School in Phola Park has now been detained. Later today, he will appear at the KwaMhlanga Magistrate’s Court.

According to Jasper Zwane, a spokesman for the Mpumalanga Department of Education, officials were dispatched to the school to speak with the principal, and we received a report. The department decided to suspend the teacher involved . A team of department representatives from the psycho-social section will be sent to meet the affected students to provide counseling.