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Six teachers have been fired for sexual misconduct since 17 January.
Barely three months after sexually assaulting a matric pupil on 22 February 2022, a teacher allegedly touched two other Grade 12 pupils' breasts.
However, the teacher from the Combined Agricultural School in the Free State did not face the music for the second incident reported on 27 May 2022 because the case did not reach the provincial education department's offices in Mangaung.
Now, in an unprecedented move, Mark Hawyes, a senior panellist from the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) who presided over the teacher's arbitration hearing in the February 2022 matter, has recommended that the department investigate why the complaint by the other two girls did not reach the official responsible for handling sexual misconduct cases.
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