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Molefe Seeletsa The principal is expected to return to his official duties in less than a month, having been dismissed in December last year. A supporter of the EFF places a photograph of Che Guevara among flowers outside the entrance of Parktown Boys High School, 21 January 2020, placed to remember Enoch Mpianzi who drowned last week while on a school orientation camp. Picture: Michel Bega
The now formerly-sacked Parktown Boys’ High School principal Malcolm Williams has been reinstated in his position by the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC).
This is according to the Gauteng department of education (GDE), which expressed disappointment over the decision.
Gauteng Education, Enock Mpianzi family reach settlement Updated
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and the Department of Education in Gauteng have reached a settlement.
The 13- year-old drowned during a Grade 8 orientation camp at Nyati Bush and River Break Lodge near Brits in January.
The family’s lawyer Wikus Steyl says since none of the defendants confirmed nor denied anything, it was a matter of closing the case. The amount cannot be disclosed, but after many months and long negotiations, we finally came to terms that the parents were happy with, says Steyl.
Initially, the family demanded R10 million from the department of education.
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Enock Mpianzi s family legal representative says the parties reached an amicable agreement.
Mpianzi, 13, died while attending a Grade 8 orientation camp in January 2020.
Although a settlement has been reached, Mpianzi s father, Guy Intamba, says he is now waiting for the criminal case to get under way so that his son could get justice.
The Gauteng Department of Education and family of 13-year-old Enock Mpianzi, the Parktown Boys High School Grade 8 pupil who was swept away in the Crocodile River, have reached a settlement agreement, a year and four months after the tragedy.
The family s lawyer, Wikus Steyl, of Ian Levitt Attorneys, confirmed to News24 on Friday that a settlement on undisclosed terms was reached with the boy s family by all parties involved.