A 55 yearold Valhalla Primary School teacher accused of sexually abusing dozens of girls, aged between 10 and 13was arrested on Thursday.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini told Pretoria News that theteacher was locked up at the Pretoria Central police station. He is expected to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on the 8thFebruary.
The accused has been removed from the Centurion school on Wednesday after the department acted on the allegations that a string of pupils had fallen prey to him.
The Gauteng Department education said it was disturbed by the allegations of sexual assault against a teacher at Valhalla Primary School in Centurion.
A team of officials from the district, as well as the department’s psycho-social unit, had gone to the school following reports that parents were planning a meeting and had threatened to pull their children out of the school.
Department’s spoke person Steve Mabonasaid the department had a zero-tolerance approach to allegations of sexual misconduct, and where the allegations were proven to be true, it would take decisive action against the perpetrators.
“The department will continue to monitor the situation,” Mabona said. Department has appealed to parents at a Centurion school rocked by allegations of sexual abuse to give authorities a chance to do their work.
