TEACHER APPEARS IN COURT ALLEGATIONS OF RAPING LEARNERS
A 26-year-old teacher appeared in the EmaXesibeni (Mount Ayllif) Magistrates’ Court, on two counts of rape. The accused is employed at Ntsizwa High School, where both alleged victims are schooling. It is alleged that between May and June 2022, the accused had sexual intercourse with THE Grade 12 learners, aged 18 and 19 years, without their consent in the strong room of the school on different occasions. He would allegedly lure the victims to the strong room, lock it from the inside, overpower them, rape them, and threaten them if they told anyone.
Both learners informed their classmates after the alleged offences, but he was arrested on 25 October 2022, after the victims reported their assault to their parents and it was discovered that they were pregnant
His case has been postponed to 04 November 2022, for a formal bail application.
