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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>CAPE TOWN \u2013 Teacher unions have welcomed new regulations that will bar teachers found guilty of sexual misconduct to rejoin the profession.<\/p>\n

This was after Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga went after teachers found guilty of sexual offences and said they will be shown the door.<\/p>\n

This follows new regulations that were published in the government gazette by Motshekga.<\/p>\n

In the gazette Motshekga listed a number of offences that will result in teachers being fired after being found guilty and they include murder, sexual misconduct, having a sexual relationship with learner and sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

But teachers who are found guilty of theft, bribery and corruption will be banned for five years and can re-apply for their jobs afterwards.<\/p>\n

Sadtu and the National Professional Teachers\u2019 Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa) welcomed the new regulations yesterday.<\/p>\n

They said they will deal with some of the serious offences on sanctions to be imposed on those found guilty.<\/p>\n

Sadtu spokesperson Nomusa Cembi said the new regulations were providing uniformity in the public service in line with the public service code.<\/p>\n

She said there were no clear guidelines regarding the re-employment of teachers while there were clear guidelines against other employees in the public sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guidelines will go a long way towards protecting the dignity of the profession. Sadtu has always called for the harshest sentence in cases of sexual assault, we therefore welcome the sanction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey provide the basis from which to work. We hope they will deter educators from engaging in acts that may put their careers in jeopardy,\u201d said Cembi.<\/p>\n

Naptosa executive director Basil Manuel said the regulations will kick in after a person has been found guilty.<\/p>\n

He said they fully support the regulations. They will ensure that those found guilty of sexual assault cases do not come back to the teaching profession.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat this does is that it stops a person found guilty in KwaZulu-Natal and starts a job in Limpopo the next day. It now says you can\u2019t because this is a serious offence. If it\u2019s a sexual offence you can never come back,\u201d Manuel said.<\/p>\n

In the annual report of the South African Council for Educators (Sace) for the 2019\/20 financial year it was found that the number of sexual misconduct cases against teachers increased to 92.<\/p>\n

These 92 cases related to rape, indecent assault, sexual assault and sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

But in total the Sace was investigating 456 misconduct charges against teachers across the country and some of the cases included theft, corruption, corporal punishment and assault.<\/p>\n

Sace had noted that out of all the cases reported during that year, cases of sexual misconduct against teachers had raised alarm in communities.<\/p>\n

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