Water polo coach and teacher David Mackenzie was placed on precautionary suspension by Reddam House in Bedfordview pending an investigation. He may also not teach water polo until an investigation by Eastern Gauteng Water Polo has been completed.
Our society urgently needs to stand up, speak out and act against sexual predators who become teachers to prey on children, writes Adriaan Basson.
We have a national crisis that is vastly under-covered, un-prosecuted and unsolved.
It involves predatory adults who become teachers to have easy access to the bodies of children. There is a name for it.
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