Details of a mediator’s attempts to restore peace and stability to a school rocked by protests after its principal was fired for misconduct have been laid bare in court documents by the Western Cape Education Department.
A contentious battle between former Heathfield High School principal Wesley Neumann and the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is returning to the Western Cape High Court, this time to stop the department from appointing a new principal at the school.
A former principal is optimistic that he will get his job back, after the Cape Town Labour Court ruled that his application to review an arbitration award that confirmed his dismissal should be reinstated for a hearing.
He has been fighting to be reinstated to his position since he was fired in 2022 following charges of defying an instruction to open his school during the Covid-19 pandemic.
A Cape Town principal who was dismissed for defying an instruction to open his school during the Covid-19 pandemic is fighting tooth and nail to get his job back.