Wed Jun 19 17:05:05 SAST 2013

Teacher 'molested' his pupils at past school

Oct 22, 2012 | Mogomotsi Selebi | 40 comments

A TEACHER previously fired for sexually assaulting his pupils is now under investigation for a similar offence in his new school.

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Wed Jun 19 17:05:05 SAST 2013 ::
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Oct 22, 2012

sechaba30

Rubbish is what is in his mind
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Oct 22, 2012

Chichi7

How did he get another job without the school following up on referrals?
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Oct 22, 2012

Printa

NW... what happened 2 Limpompo, Ec & KZN?
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Oct 22, 2012

Pointman

I am sure there is a policy in place to do background checks but either HR was lazy or thought "this is such a nice guy - I am sure his background is okay". And innocent kids end up being exposed to predators. These people are expert manipulators - a nice compliment or a small present buys a lot if influence.
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Oct 22, 2012

Arewanga

Just arrest him already, they are going to show him in jail.
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Oct 22, 2012

mashima?

It is clear that somebody did not do his job properly, backgorund check should be considered before someone is even shortlisted. This man need professionl help.
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Oct 22, 2012

!#Sinudeity#!

Why wasnt he arrested the 1st time?
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Oct 22, 2012

RobinHH

@ SIN... That's the 64,000 dollar question, isn't it?
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Oct 22, 2012

!#Sinudeity#!

RobinHH - Bwhahaha! Oom troublemaker :P
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Oct 22, 2012

!#Sinudeity#!

Where is MommaCC?
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Oct 22, 2012

RobinHH

Sin. No doubt she's also having to come up with a new alias. I find it hysterical that the people here who actively do NOT& engage in racist or sexist hate-speech and aim for some form of rational approach - albeit sarcastic or ironic and pften merciless, are the ones exiled. while people openly advocating violence seem welcome. Our web-team clearly have severe ego paranoia issues and absurd persecution complexes, wiothout the will or courage to deal with truly significant issues.
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Oct 22, 2012

Chichi7

@ RobinH- The problem we have on this forum is people fail to respect themselves and can not respect others. They have so many issues and would rather blame the next person that be truthful with themselves. I too had to change my name totally as someone found it easy to target me and insult me irrespective of what i said. It is pathetic.
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Oct 22, 2012

MommaC

LOL
Na na nah na na - I didn't get banned :)

This is just so completely WRONG, He should have been in a jail celll and not in another school
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Oct 22, 2012

RobinHH

MommaC: Agreed. The completely arbitrary and ineffectual vetting of teachers seems to be pretty common.
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Oct 22, 2012

Nongoloza24

Great game by Orlando Pirates...we going to massacre these teams yoh and I suspect that this teacher is a kaizer chimps fan...a member of the DTC can't do these aweful things.

Up the Bucs to infinity.
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Oct 22, 2012

MommaC

RobinHH

See you had to develop a stutter :)

One of the problems is that he resigned.
When you are doing an employment check, you can only ask about what is on the official form. If you ask about anything like attitude or disciplinary measures, the applicant can sue both the interviewer and the person giving the reference. Another fine mess from our dear mates at Cosatu
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Oct 22, 2012

VENDALIOUS

bloody rapist!
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Oct 22, 2012

!#Sinudeity#!

This counts as my 11th ban on Sowetan.
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Oct 22, 2012

RobinHH

Sin. Not bad. Quite an achievement. Shall we start a Sowetan Hall of Fame?
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Oct 22, 2012

MommaC

Sin, you should use that in your CV as part of your 'struggle' credentials :-P
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Oct 22, 2012

RobinHH

lol @ MommaC
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Oct 22, 2012

Udarenot2

This is totally unacceptable especially from a teacher whom we regard to be our children's parent at
school. Manyala fela ntho tse kaofela..*embarassed*
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Oct 22, 2012

Mothata

@sechaba30
Rubbish is what is in his mind
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I think also in his pants.
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Oct 22, 2012

Blackconsciousness

Seriously hw can a teacher tht was fired fo an offence of tht nature still get a job of work with kids? Its like hiring a guy convicted of fraud as a financial manager. Our country is going to the dogs.
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Oct 22, 2012

!#Sinudeity#!

Blackconsciousness - "Its like hiring a guy convicted of fraud as a financial manager."

Or making him president of the country.
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Oct 22, 2012

oldlady12

What happened to service certificates that were always given in government institutions when a person leaves his job? This certificate used to state the duration you worker there, your last position, and your reason for leaving. You could not be employed again unless you produced this certificate.
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Oct 22, 2012

RobinHH

oldlady: Seems like no-one thought of asking for it. A few R100 notes worked a lot better. Could be read even by a semi-literate administrator.
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Oct 22, 2012

Punkies

I wonder why was he not arrested on the first offense. Very sad, feel sorry for the poor kids he molested.
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Oct 22, 2012

MommaC

oldlady12

If his reason for leaving was 'resignation'?
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Oct 22, 2012

siphomag

IN BHUKULANI SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, THERE'S A TEACHER WHO'S BUSY JOLING WITH THE LITTLE ONE'S, WORSE EVEN PARTYING WITH THEM, HE'S STILL GETTING AWAY WITH CAUSE NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD FRM THESE KIDS............SOME TEACHERS DON'T RESPECT THEMSELFES
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Oct 22, 2012

oldlady12

MommaC, the department's personnel section would put in the reason, and if they fired him for sexual abuse, they'd have to put in the code for fired.
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Oct 22, 2012

MommaC

oldlady12

A lot of them resign just before being fired and that 'personal reasons' is a catchall.
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Oct 22, 2012

oldlady12

MommaC, I hear you, but in this specific case it could have been prevented with such a certificate. Actually, even a resigned code would raise questions, as a teacher would simply ask for a transfer, not resign.
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Oct 22, 2012

MommaC

oldlady12

If that *&^%* sexual predator list wasn't such a joke, it would not even have been an issue. They could have just looked him up. But, no, it is against his rights. Like the kids don't deserve to have the right not to be molested. What a farce
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Oct 22, 2012

s.cold

ya nalabanrwana bathanda izinto,,,,,
they know about such people

ibona abazifakayo,,,just for the fact that ke teacher
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Oct 22, 2012

T.C.T

but this ladies are fit and there bodies are matured to be chowed age just number
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Oct 22, 2012

scrapprat

This rapist must be arrested and the principal of the school be fired
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Oct 22, 2012

sweetlady1st

The government must do a proper screen check wen hiring people #Proper legit background check.
We cant have teachers who bahaive diz way, wer the hek r we going to run to if the person u trust to be ur mentor and guidence act diz way hhay man.
This is a serious issue that nids awa attention * Children are no longer safe.
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Oct 22, 2012

Monate-thwah

Heads should roll, the current principal and the circuit office. No governance, accountability and responsibility nje!
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Oct 24, 2012

thenubianqueen

why was he still allowed to teach in the first place.. comes to show that SA doesnt protect our kids against molesters
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