Parktown Boys High School
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Parktown Boys’ principal to be reinstated after losing job over Enock Mpianzi’s death
Gauteng department of education says it is disappointed with the education bargaining counsel’s order to reinstate Malcolm Williams
Parktown Boys’ High principal fired for tragic death of Enoch Mpianzi
Malcolm Williams was found to have sent schoolboys on an unauthorised trip and failed to ensure the correct roll-call procedures were followed
School polo coach in hot water for calling schoolgirls ‘strippers’
Former Springbok and current school water polo coach Pierre le Roux has a litany of complaints against him, from body shaming and bullying to being racist to learners
Covid-19 lockdown chaos for homeless people left in limbo
Bullets also fired indiscriminately at people in the inner city, homeless or not
Teachers, lodge were negligent in Mpianzi’s death — report
Detailing the terror of children struggling without lifejackets after their rafts broke apart, the report said that teachers were distracted and contributed to the death of a…
Lesufi suspends Parktown Boys’ principal after student’s death
Malcolm Williams has been suspended following the death of grade 8 learner Enoch Mpianzi
We are failing our children
Ten infants died at Tembisa hospital at the end of last year. The health department tells us this it is more than likely as a result of Klebsiella pneumoniae. The infections, all…
Parents must participate in schools to protect their children
Last week my helper’s daughter started grade 8 at a girls’ high school in Soweto. She told her mother years before going to high school that she wanted to attend a girls school…
We need to ask awkward questions about our schools
Ignore the language used in brochures and on open days and be vigilant about the details
Former Parktown Boys’ High School assistant coach gets 23 years in jail
Collan Rex pleaded guilty to 144 counts of sexual assault and 12 counts of common assault
More trauma for abused schoolboys
Parktown Boys’ High parents are angry with the way social workers have handled the case
Schools must take the long walk of reform
Many private and former Model C schools may look good, but they are rotten to the core
Parktown Boys’ teacher to be held accountable for alleged racist rant
An art teacher, who has resigned from the school, allegedly threatened to blow up the boarding house and referred to his pupils as monkeys
Parktown boys assault case dropped
A case against a group of Parktown Boys high school pupils facing assault charges related to an initiation ceremony has been struck of the court roll.
Parktown Boys’ High pupils back in court
The 12 Parktown Boys’ High School pupils accused of assaulting a junior pupil at their school are expected to appear again in court on Thursday.