Still in the game: Wesley Neumann awaits his appeal outcome

Former Heathfield High School principal Wesley Neumann has not given up just yet following a decision by the Labour Court of South Africa ofdismissinghis enforcement application for reinstatement and said he will wait on the appeal outcome. Neumann had made an enforcement application to compel the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) to follow the Labour Court’s decision in January to reinstate him. The WCED had appealed the court’s decision in January which has yet to make its findings.

In a response to the Court’s findings, Neumann via his lawyer, Vernon Seymour said he accepted the order made but would wait for the conclusion of the appeal and that he has been left disappointed. Neumann accepts the Court’s ruling that he must wait until the conclusion of theappeals processes before he can return to school. After a 5-year wait for justice, he isnaturally disappointed because he was looking forward to get back into the classroom andget on with the business of teaching and learning,” said the statement shared via Seymour.

“We realise that the school community of Heathfield High will also be disappointed by this ruling because they were also hoping for a positive outcome and an end to this saga. “They want Heathfield High School to be the vibrant school, with lots of extra-mural activities (including a jazz band), it once was, while Wesley Neumann was its principal, as testified by one of the learners at the trial.