Wayne Boonzaaier
29 August 2016
Education
authorities are set to visit Pretoria High School for Girls, after racism
allegations surfaced against the institution.
Pupils claim they have been
subjected to intense racism over a long period of time. They say
their blackness has been discouraged.
The pupils allege that rules
are in place to discourage hairstyles such as afros, bantu
knots, dreadlocks and braids.
One girl was allegedly barred from
writing her exam because her hair was somewhat “spiky” and “unkempt”.
Apart
from their hair, the pupils claim they are banned from speaking their mother
tongue. They claim one teacher allegedly called the pupils 'monkeys' while they
were singing and chanting in class.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
A man suspected of killing and raping a number of members of the farm worker community in Philippi on the Cape Flats appears in a Cape Town ...
-
''Human behaviour is the main cause of wildfires.'' These remarks were made by the Western Cape’s Local Government, Environm...
No comments:
Post a Comment