KZN education head suspends governing body at top PMB school

Merchiston Preparatory's SGB is embroiled in a protracted battle with principal Llewellyn Bragin, who was placed on precautionary suspension last year

06 February 2024 - 13:46 By TANIA BROUGHTON

KwaZulu-Natal education head Nkosinathi Ngcobo has effectively stripped the school governing body (SGB) of Pietermaritzburg’s Merchiston Preparatory School of all its powers and authority, a move the SGB says appears to have been done “with an ulterior motive”...

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