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Patroller’s sex harassment probe complete

ALEXANDRA - The Gauteng Department of Education said their investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against a patroller at Pholosho Junior Secondary School has been finalised.

Department spokesperson Charles Phahlane said,”The investigation has been completed and a report with recommendations is being finalised and will soon be sent to the head of department for a decision.”

The investigation follows a Valentine’s Day claim of sexual harassment by a pupil at the school against one of the patrollers employed to guard the school by the Department of Community Safety in collaboration with the local Community Policing Forum.

The patroller, who is currently on ‘precautionary suspension’, is accused of writing a love letter to one of the pupils in the school.

The letter was circulated among pupils until a teacher confiscated it and gave it to the principal, who then referred the matter to the Johannesburg East District education office.

The patroller was subsequently suspended pending an investigation. Phahalane would not want to be drawn into disclosing the nature of the findings nor the recommendations made in the report.

The findings of the investigation is awaited with bated breath in Alexandra by various stakeholders in the education sector.

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