By Celani Sikhakhane
The Department of Education in KwaZulu-Natal has called on graduates who are victims of the jobs-for-cash scandal at kwaMame High School in Nongoma to bring evidence so that legal actions can be taken against a teacher linked to that fraud.
One of the teachers of the most problematic school in Northern KZN had to be escorted out of kwaMame by police last week after some of the victims came to the school looking for her.
A source told Scrolla.Africa that the female teacher had to hide as the victims were heavily armed.
“They tried to force their entry into the school looking for that teacher but the security guard stood firm and refused to allow them to get inside. The security told them that she was not at school on that day but the victims told the security that they wanted to talk to her because they saw that her vehicle was inside the premises,” the source said.
He added that the security guard had to call the police because he felt his life was in danger as those people were heavily armed and angry.
The source said they told the security guard that the teacher had sold them teaching posts but she had since failed to place them.
KwaMame High School is named after the twin sister of Zulu Warrior Princess Mkabayi kaJama.
It is also alleged that the teacher sold teaching posts with the assistance of a provincial senior official of the Department of Education.
The teacher is said to have not been at school since last week after the incident.
Departmental spokesperson Muzi Mahlambi revealed that they have called on those who are victims of the fraud not to take the law into their own hands.
“We will launch an investigation over this matter because that school is very problematic. We are also involving the police to make sure that the teacher is safe while the investigation is still underway,” said Mahlambi.
The victims “must work with us to bring more evidence in order to properly deal with this matter”.
It is alleged that teachers’ posts are being sold at amounts ranging from R30,000 to R200,000 in KwaZulu-Natal.
Pictured above: KZN Department of Education spokesperson Muzi Mahlambi promised an investigation into the jobs for cash scam at kwaMame High School.
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