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News24 reports that a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) teacher has been fired after he was found guilty of contravening the Employment of Educators Act by sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Southlands Secondary School pupil.
Darshin Gyanishwar was also found to be unsuitable to work with children. According to the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC), the incident happened in April 2021 after the pupil had written an examination. Gyanishwar was engaged to be married to the pupil's sister at the time and stayed in an outbuilding on the woman's family property. The pupil's mother arranged for Gyanishwar to collect her from school and drop her off at the mother's workplace after the exam. However, Gyanishwar took her home and sexually assaulted her. Gyanishwar was later arrested and appeared in court. However, the matter was withdrawn at his second court appearance, pending the result of DNA testing. During the ELRC hearing, Gyanishwar denied the allegations. He claimed that the pupil was a "party to a conspiracy with other family members to extort money from him in anticipation of a payout from the Road Accident Fund". However, the ELRC arbitrator rejected Gyanishwar’s version, saying the pupil had given her evidence in a "clear and consistent fashion".
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jeanette Chabalala at News24
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