KLERKSDORP police in the North West are investigating three cases of sexual assault against a primary school teacher.
Some 30 pupils allegedly told their parents that the grade 4 teacher touched them indecently on their private parts.
He allegedly also hugged them and held them very close while pressing against their breasts for some time.
Daily Sun has learnt that some parents went to Klerksdorp Primary School to complain, thus paving the way for more pupils to come forward with similar allegations.
One parent told Daily Sun her daughter told her what had happened to her school friend.
“When I asked her if she’d experienced the same thing she said she was also a victim. She said she once asked the teacher for permission to go to the bathroom.
“She said he told her he wanted to accompany her and that he’d hugged her strangely and touched her buttocks,” said the parent.
The parents want the teacher to be fired.
Elias Malindi, acting provincial education department spokesman, said the teacher had been placed on special leave while the labour relations unit investigated the matter with a view to preparing a disciplinary hearing.
Police spokesman Colonel Pelonomi Makau said they were investigating three cases of sexual assault.
