Headmaster s supporters heckle official over disciplinary hearing, stone home 04 February 2021 - 08:25 By TimesLIVE Heathfield High School. File image Image: GroundUp/Marecia Damons
“Intimidatory and abusive behaviour” by supporters of the principal of Heathfield High School in Cape Town, who faces disciplinary action after refusing to open the school during the Covid-19 pandemic peak, has been denounced.
A group this week arrived outside the house of one of the Western Cape education department s employees involved in the disciplinary process, making allegations of bribery, and vocally accusing him of committing a crime, said department spokesperson Bronagh Hammond.
“The official and his family members were subjected to intimidation and abuse. Loudhailers were used to shout abuse outside his residence.
Supporters of under-fire CT principal accused of intimidating WCED staffer
4 February 2021 11:11 AM
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The WCED says supporters of Heathfield High School principal, Wesley Neumann, have taken things too far with their intimidatory and abusive actions.
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is conducting a disciplinary hearing against Neumann, who is facing a number of charges relating to his stance on Covid-19 school closures last year.
Neumann reportedly refused to reopen Heathfield High amid the peak of the first Covid-19 wave last year. He and others penned an open letter urging the government to consider postponing the reopening of schools.