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News24 reports that a top private school has fired its sports coordinator after finding him guilty of failing to disclose that he had previously been dismissed for misconduct by another school.
Pinnacle College Founders Hill, in Modderfontein, Gauteng, which is owned by private education group ADvTECH, confirmed that Richard Dannhauser was no longer working at the school. The institution suspended him on 16 August after revelations emerged about him being found guilty of misconduct while he was the director of cricket at Sutherland High School in Centurion, Pretoria. Dannhauser was charged by Pinnacle College for non-disclosure of his previous misconduct at the time of his latest appointment as sports coordinator on 6 May. He started working at Sutherland High in August 2023 and resigned in March before he could face several charges of misconduct. Despite his resignation, Sutherland High held a disciplinary hearing against him. On 4 April 2024, Sutherland High informed Dannhauser that his employment had been terminated after he was found guilty on some of the charges, which included sexual harassment, assault, inappropriate behaviour in the presence of pupils during cricket practice, and general inappropriate conduct towards pupils.
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