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Teacher's hearing postponed─── 16:39 Fri, 27 Nov 2015
Bloemfontein - A Free State maths teacher who allegedly called his school's governing body members the k-word in a WhatsApp message had his disciplinary hearing postponed today.
Spokesperson for the Free State Department of Education, Howard Ndaba, says the hearing was postponed until further notice.
Flip Snyman, a teacher at the Jagersfontein Intermediate School, allegedly sent several racist WhatsApp messages to Sanet de Villiers, who serves as a member of the SGB and is also a teacher at the school.
Ndaba says Snyman faces two charges, including contravening the Employment of Educator's Act by using the "k-word" and displaying disrespect at work by calling De Villiers a derogatory name.
Ndaba says the hearing was postponed because Snyman has been admitted to hospital. He says the department is going to wait until Snyman is better before setting a date.
Refilwe Gaeswe and Cathy Dlodlo/OFM News
