HEAD TEACHER WORKING IN SA, SD CHARGED

MBABANE – In what many could perceive as a fairy tale, there is a Swazi head teacher, who for over a year, has been concurrently teaching in two different schools; one in the country and the other in the Republic of South Africa.

In the process, the Times SUNDAY has learnt that the head teacher was absenting himself from the local school under the guise that he was going to the neighbouring country for medical check-ups.
This is exactly what Florence Roman Catholic High School head teacher Moses Mefika Mlangeni has been doing since June 2016 till early 2017.

Over this period, Mlangeni was fully paid by the Swaziland government a total sum of E300 734 despite that he was not attending his workstation and executing his administrative duties in full.
In South Africa, Mlangeni was initially employed as a Deputy Principal at Mountain Valley College in Badplaas for almost a month and he was promoted and assumed the position of principal in August 2016.

 The Times SUNDAY has also learnt that for the administration services he rendered at his South African duty station, Mountain Valley, Mlangeni was paid over E90 000 for the months he worked.
In tandem, the administrator bagged over E390 000 from Mountain Valley proprietors and from the Swaziland government.

These are allegations levelled against Mlangeni by government and are contained in a 19-page letter which the Times SUNDAY has seen.
The letter containing the allegations is dated May 9, 2017 and was written to Mlangeni by the Schools Manager, Macanjana Motsa.

It is alleged that in the month of June 2016, Mlangeni absented himself from school and attended an interview for new employment at Mountain Valley College in Badplaas, South Africa.
It is said he was successful in his interview and was then appointed the deputy principal.

 “This you did knowing very well that you were still under the full employ of the Swaziland Government as the substantive Principal of Florence Roman Catholic High School.
“Moreover, on the days in which you absented yourself, you had made the Deputy Head teacher, Mr Ntuli, as well as teachers to believe you were attending a doctor’s medical appointment as you were suffering from high blood pressure,” reads part of the letter.

The Swazi government sees this as an act of dishonesty.

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