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Sexual predators at school: why South African law is failing to protect children from teachers

By Cecile de Villiers, Lecturer of Labour Law, University of Cape Town

Schools should be a safe environment, a place of learning where children can develop their potential. In South Africa, many public schools aren’t like this. Instead they are hothouses for teachers’ poor performance, financial mismanagement, assault and sexual misconduct.

When cases…

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