TimesLIVE reports that Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has suspended Parktown Boys' High School principal Malcolm Williams following the death of grade 8 pupil Enoch Mpianzi while on a school camp.
Lesufi said at a media briefing on Friday that teachers involved in the outing would be charged individually and all the district officials who handled the application for the school's visit would receive letters of suspension. The 13-year-old pupil died in an accident on 15 January during the Johannesburg school's grade 8 orientation camp at Nyathi Bush and River Break in North West. Mpianzi drowned while participating in a water activity shortly after arriving at the camp. His body was discovered on 17 January after a search. Williams and seven staff members accompanied the children. In a separate statement last week, the school governing body (SGB) pledged its support for the investigation by the education department and the police into the tragedy.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at TimesLIVE
- Read too, Enoch Mpianzi tragedy: Parktown Boys' High Grade 8 camp was unauthorised, at News24
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