A private school in Johannesburg has suspended a deputy headmaster after being tipped off by St John’s College about allegations of sexual assault that one of its former pupils had lodged against him.
The deputy principal’s attorney Kevin Schaafsma confirmed to SowetanLIVE's sister publication TimesLIVE that his client was informed by his current school not to report for duty on Monday “because something had come up”.
St John’s College executive headmaster Stuart West confirmed in a letter to parents on Monday that an independent investigation had revealed allegations of sexual assault by one if its former teachers against a past pupil. “The school immediately initiated an independent investigation which was conducted by a child protection expert and resulted in other past students coming forward to report alleged sexual assaults by this particular teacher during their time at the prep.”
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