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TimesLIVE Premium reports that a Northern Cape maths and science teacher has been fired for allegedly kissing a pregnant pupil. Mziwamadoda Ngubo lost his fight to keep his job this month.
He had been teaching at the Northern Cape school since 1998. Ngubo faced three charges – for allegedly sexually assaulting a pupil by “inserting his tongue in the mouth” of the grade 12 pupil, contravening the Educators Act and conducting himself in an improper and unacceptable manner – in June 2022. The incident allegedly happened on 3 March 2022 in Ngubo’s office. Ngubo testified that he was convicted in the criminal court in February 2023. He pleaded not guilty to the charges, but the arbitrator, advocate David Pietersen, found him guilty on the three charges on 5 August and recommended his dismissal with immediate effect. “The mandatory sanction of dismissal is imposed with immediate effect on Mr Mziwamadoda Theodore Ngubo. The general secretary of the Education Labour Relations Council is directed to serve this award on the South African Council of Educators,” Pietersen ruled
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