Williams was initially found guilty of undertaking a school excursion without prior approval and failing to ensure a correct rollcall was maintained for all pupils at the camp where Mpianzi died.
The Education Labour Relations Council took a decision to reinstate the Parktown Boys High School principal, Malcolm Williams, after he was was dismissed last year following the death of 13-year-old Enock Mpianzi who drowned in the Crocodile River during a school orientation trip.
Williams was fired after the death of Enock Mpianzi. The 13-year old grade 8 pupil died at the Nyati Bush and Riverbreak lodge near Brits during a school orientation camp.
Enoch Mpianzi: Parktown Boys’ principal to be reinstated
The Gauteng Education Department said it was disappointed by the decision but added that it was seeking legal counsel on the matter
The Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) has ordered Gauteng’s Education Department to reinstate Malcolm Williams, the principal at Parktown Boys’ High School in Johannesburg. Williams was given the axe after being implicated in the drowning of Enoch Mpianzi, a 13-year-old pupil.
Mpianzi drowned while on an excursion planned by Parktown Boys High School, at the Nyati Bush and River Break Resort, in Brits, January 2020. It is believed that a makeshift raft he and fellow pupils had built in an exercise capsized in the Crocodile River.