Department spokesperson Steve Mabona said the department would place the pupils at alternative schools because the academy was not"an institution that can effectively educate children". Mabona said the department was"dumbfounded" after the Midrand school denied entry to its officials and law enforcement agencies.
The school came under fire after the principal's husband, Andries Hendrik Booysen, was caught on video pushing a pupil and her mother earlier this week after the school allegedly accused her of breaching the school policy because she had dreadlocks. The woman said she went to the school to explain her daughter did not have extensions and it was dreadlocks, which were her natural hair.Booysen was arrested and charged with assault. He is out on bail on the condition that he must not contact the witnesses directly or indirectly. He is expected to appear in court again on 2 October.In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust.
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