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Teachers having sexual relationships with learners is illegal

Education Bongekile Macupe - 9 Aug 2020

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

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

Article Agency - 27 May 2018

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

‘Teacher called my daughter a witch’

Article Bongekile Macupe - 25 May 2018

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

No job for sex predator principal

Article Bongekile Macupe - 20 Apr 2018

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

Internships would spawn ace teachers

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Oct 2017

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

Private schools not above the law

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Aug 2017

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

Crisis at schools goes unreported

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Mar 2012

No national statistics exist for corporal punishment in South African schools and although it is illegal, it is still commonly applied.

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