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S.Africa: Teacher too scared to go to school – Death Threats

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Original Post Date: 2005-04-05  Posted By: Jan

From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 4/5/2005 4:49:25 PM
S.Africa: Teacher too scared to go to school – Death Threats
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S.Africa: Teacher too scared to go to school – Death Threats

From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org


Date & Time Posted: 4/5/2005 4:49:25 PM

S.Africa: Teacher too scared to go to school – Death Threats

[Corruption wins! Jan]

Pretoria – A middle-aged teacher who helped expose matric exam corruption in Mpumalanga last year is living in fear after apparently receiving death threats.

The woman, who is in her 40s, has taught at a high school in the Barberton district for the past eight years. On Tuesday, she said she was too scared to return to the school as she had been threatened.

On Tuesday, she also arranged an urgent meeting with her legal advisor in order to get an interdict against the education department, which wants to freeze her salary.

‘No support’

According to her, she has had no support from the department and has been threatened with dismissal if she fails to return to school.

The teacher said she has been living in fear since last year, especially after another teacher sexually harassed her. She has written letters about the incident to her circuit manager but nothing has been done about the issue.

The situation deteriorated after the woman handed over a statement on corruption during a visit to the school by a commission of enquiry.

The teacher has meanwhile been so traumatised by the intimidation that, on doctor’s orders, she has stayed away from the school. She has been on medication since September.

‘They will make my life hell’

According to her, she gets the feeling that all the teachers have been told to turn on her. “At meetings, they now only speak in Swazi and I am told to my face that they will make my life hell. This after we all got on so well in the past.”

The woman said she did not want a package as she desperately wanted to continue teaching.

On Tuesday, police confirmed that the woman had made statements regarding intimidation against her.

Education department spokesperson Thomas Msiza said the teacher had not lodged formal charges of sexual harassment or intimidation with the department.

She had also apparently not handed in a doctor’s certificate despite her having had 36 days sick leave in one year. This, he said, was the amount allowed over a three-year period.

But the teacher said she has copies of all the documents she handed over to the school principal and circuit manager.

Threats ‘scandalous’

Helen Zille, DA spokesperson, personally visited the teacher after hearing of the intimidation incidents. “It is scandalous that someone who was good enough to expose corruption should now be threatened like this.

“The way the department is handling this woman’s case is symbolic of the total chaos in education in this province.”

She said the DA was urgently calling on the minister of education, Naledi Pandor, to step in as it was clear that officials in Mpumalanga were not capable of sorting out the problem.

In addition, nothing came of the department’s promises to see to it that heads would roll over the corruption incident, said Zille.

Source: News24.Com
URL: http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/New…/p>


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