News24 reports that a music teacher from the Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, has been suspended after a case of sexual grooming was laid against him by a music student he started tutoring five years ago.
In a communique to parents and staff on Monday, the school said the teacher was suspended after he notified the school head that a case had been opened against him. The victim, who did not attend the school, was an underage teen at the time of the alleged grooming. Eastern Cape police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said a 20-year-old man opened a case of grooming under the Sexual Offences Act a week ago. "The incident started in 2019, when the victim was 16 years old. At the time, he was tutored by the alleged suspect, who was a choir intern conductor at a church. The victim was receiving organ lessons," Naidu indicated. The teacher, whose choirs have won numerous awards, was employed in 2021 at the school on a fixed-term contract that was later extended. The teacher has been placed on precautionary suspension pending an internal disciplinary inquiry and hearing.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tammy Petersen at News24
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