TimesLIVE Premium reports that the principal of Merchiston Preparatory School in Pietermaritzburg was placed on “precautionary suspension” on Monday after allegations from staff, parents and pupils that he was a “sex pest” and “bullied” vulnerable children.
School governing body (SGB) chair Warren Smith told parents in a letter that this was in anticipation of disciplinary steps against Llewellyn Bragin which would be instituted after interviews with complainants last week. The SGB has been pushing the KwaZulu-Natal education department to suspend Bragin after the complaints arose a few months ago. It has also made high court applications which, as yet, are unresolved. Bragin faces about 21 formal complaints. But according to Smith, education department officials suspended Bragin’s deputy Eric White instead and refused to give reasons for this. Smith said the school had become “steeped in scandal”. Bragin, who in his affidavits in the court documents denied the allegations against him, recently secured a Durban Labour Court order directing the governing body to continue paying the portion of his salary it paid to him on top of his salary from the department.
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