At exactly 17.15 pm, the Gauteng Department of Education released a statement announcing the removal of AB Xuma Primary School principal and her entire senior management team with immediate effect.
The department said this is necessitated by the seriousness of the allegations of sexual assault of about 54 learners by a scholar patroller at the school.
The patroller was arrested on Monday, October 9 and further appeared at the Protea Magistrate Court on Wednesday, October 11.
Moments after releasing the media statement, the education department communicated that the number of sexually assaulted learners increased to 83.
The suspect is remanded in police custody and is due back in court on October 18.
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