Gauteng Education MEC calls for calm after alleged sexual assault of a grade 4 learner [SOUND]

# Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile has reaffirmed the department’s zero-tolerance approach to sexual abuse after a grade four learner was allegedly sexually assaulted by a teacher at Busisiwe Primary School in Soweto. The teacher has been placed on precautionary suspension pending disciplinary proceedings. Maile visited the school today and arranged psychological support for the learner and her family. He called for calm, urging the community to allow the investigation to proceed: