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TimesLIVE reports that Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi on Tuesday ordered a principal of a primary school in Alberton, Ekurhuleni, to attend a diversity and social cohesion course for three months.
An acting principal will be appointed for the period. This was one of a number of interventions that Lesufi made as he sought to restore order to Glenview Primary School, where 20 teachers did not go to work for more than 10 days last month. Complaints against principal Tommie Stoltz include that he had been abusive towards teachers of different races. Complaints have also been raised against educator Denise Potgieter, including inflicting corporal punishment on a pupil. Lesufi spent four hours at the school on Tuesday, where he met Stoltz and had separate meetings with all staff and the school governing body (SGB). “All of us agreed that there is a crisis in this school. It cannot be normal that 20-odd teachers take sick leave at the same time. “It cannot be normal that there are divisions in the SGB. It cannot be normal that there are endless accusations against the principal. It cannot be normal that the teachers threaten to attack other teachers,” Lesufi told parents at the school on Tuesday evening. Potgieter was charged on Tuesday morning and disciplinary action will be taken against her, while the 20 teachers have been asked to give reasons for their absence. Letters were expected to be sent to the SGB on Wednesday informing them that their terms had ended.
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