national 25.5.2016 04:07 pm
Arrested Vuwani teacher’s court application dismissed
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The teacher is one of 21 people charged for burning schools in the troubled area.
The Thohoyandou High Court dismissed an urgent bail application brought by Edzisani Muthathe, a teacher from Madobi Primary School, who was among those arrested for arson, malicious damage to property and public violence during the recent protests in Vuwani, Limpopo.
Following the Malamulele Magistrates’ Court’s postponement of the case, his lawyer, Vhutshilo Nage, registered an urgent court application with the Limpopo High Court’s Thohoyandou branch on Friday, Capricorn Review reported.
Here, the court ruled the nature of Muthathe’s request was not urgent, and ordered him to rejoin the other 21 people charged for the burning of schools during the demarcation protests which enfolded recently.
Edzisani Muthathe. Photo: Capricorn Review.
Muthathe, 50, made headlines in February 2015 when he was shown the door by the school’s governing body, Sanco and the traditional authority, allegedly for being Venda and working in what was termed as Tsonga territory.
Since February, Muthathe, who was also a head of department, still reported to the Hlanganani Central School circuit office.
The spokesperson for the provincial department of education, Naledzani Rasila, said the department would make a decision on whether or not Mathathe would be retained as a teacher based on the outcomes of the court case.
Meanwhile, 28 schools have so far been set alight in the troubled area in the past three weeks.
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