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Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi did not comment on Thursday on accusations that a Soweto school principal knowingly carried on with schooling for three days despite four teachers testing positive for Covid-19.Image: Vathiswa Ruselo/Sowetan
FOUR TEACHERS TESTING POSITIVE

Teachers accuse Soweto principal of keeping school open despite positive cases

TimesLIVE has learnt that teaching and learning has been halted at Onkgopotse Tiro Primary School in Soweto after accusations that the school principal knowingly carried on with schooling for three days despite four teachers testing…

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The 48-year-old woman had been in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19. File photo.Image: 123RF.com
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Social media ‘gossip’ drives Covid-positive Benoni teacher to set herself on fire

A school principal whose wife attempted to commit suicide because of depression over Covid-19 plans to embark on community education campaigns aimed at destigmatising people infected by the virus. Speaking to Sowetan from his Benoni home…

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