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title: "Watch – Principal allegedly behind bigoted Facebook posts moves to new Cape Town school"
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# Watch – Principal allegedly behind bigoted Facebook posts moves to new Cape Town school

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By Rebecca Davis · Published 21 June 2026, 07:00 SAST · Updated 20 June 2026, 22:00 SAST

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## Content

*[Watch video on Daily Maverick](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-06-21-watch-principal-allegedly-behind-bigoted-facebook-posts-moves-to-new-cape-town-school/)*

The Western Cape Education Department has confirmed that George Gueorguiev, the Kommetjie Primary School principal at the centre of a 2025 hate speech controversy, has been transferred to a deputy principal post at Simon’s Town School. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains.

Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme and Kevin Flynn

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