News24 reports that a former St John’s Preparatory School teacher who was arrested earlier this year on child abuse allegations is expected to face additional charges.

The 52-year-old man appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday where the child abuse case was postponed to 23 September. As many as 30 additional charges – relating to around a dozen other complainants – are expected to be levelled against the man. The charges stem from incidents that allegedly took place in the North West, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga. Some emanate from incidents that allegedly occurred in Joburg. The man was arrested in February in connection with the abuse of a then-12-year-old boy between 2005 and 2006. The child was not a pupil at St John’s but the crime allegedly took place at the school. The accused taught at St John’s in Joburg between 2002 and 2014. In November 2021, the school announced it had initiated an independent investigation after a former pupil confided in his parents that the teacher in question had abused him and that the investigation had brought to light further allegations against him. He has since also been accused of molesting former St John’s pupil Julio Mordoh, who died by suicide at a local psychiatric clinic in November 2022 – three weeks after giving a statement on the alleged abuse. He was 20 at the time. Mordoh’s parents are suing the accused as well as the school and the clinic at which he died for R61 million.

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