Kollegepark teacher linked to Amy-Lee de Jager kidnapping suspended
Updated | By Nokukhanya Mntambo
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has confirmed that one of the three suspects arrested in the kidnapping ordeal of Amy-Lee de Jager is a teacher at the Vanderbijlpark school.
The MEC made a second visit to the school this week following the allegations that a grade RR educator was involved in the kidnapping.
Lesufi says the education department supports the decision by the school governing body (SGB) to suspend the suspect.
"We have endorsed the decision that has been taken by the SGB to immediately suspend the teacher concerned and we will then immediately institute disciplinary hearings on the basis of the court appearance.
"That information will assist us to determine what kind of charges or what kind of action we need to take as a department."
The 6-year-old girl was snatched from her mother outside Kollegepark Primary School and returned to her family 24 hours later.
A ransom of R2m was demanded from de Jager's parents before her safe return.
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"That particular individual is hired by the SGB because she's teaching grade RR. She's not part of our schooling personnel but we have a responsibility to protect other children."
"We'll discipline that person through the SBG."
On Thursday it emerged that the teacher was known to the family but was not the little girl's teacher.
"The learner was taught by a different teacher," he says.
He added that the school had beefed up its security following the incident.
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