Latest articles on Racism At Schools

Parktown Boys’ teacher to be held accountable for alleged racist rant

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Apr 2018

An art teacher, who has resigned from the school, allegedly threatened to blow up the boarding house and referred to his pupils as monkeys

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Education department backs Maritzburg College pupils’ shirt protest

Article Bongekile Macupe - 18 Oct 2017

The school has been stopped from disciplining the three and a racism probe will be conducted

Private schools not above the law

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Aug 2017

The Constitution rules against discrimination and for the protection of children at all schools

‘We’re not racist; just give coloureds a chance’

Article Bongekile Macupe - 4 Aug 2017

Protests disrupted schooling in Klipspruit West after a black principal was brought into the largely coloured area

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Education MEC and St John’s community seek expulsion of racist teacher

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Jul 2017

The school has set up a communications team to deal with media interest, including working with Flow Communications, “a reputation management firm”.

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The Foxy Five: Issue-driven, thinly written but rich with potential

Article Staff Reporter - 9 May 2017

The creator of ‘The Foxy Five’ deserves praise, but the writing could improve.

Slice Of Life: Making the difficult move to connect

Article Carl Collison - 24 Apr 2017

A physical move changed everything in a difficult discussion.

Long may these fires burn

Analysis Khadija Patel - 22 Dec 2016

We must continue to rise up with purpose, not just in anger, in our desire to create a just society.

Let’s applaud sacking the anachronism

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Jul 2015

We can’t allow those who embrace segregation and resist change to remain at the helm of our schools.

What a day some difference makes

Article Barbara Dale Jones - 13 Mar 2015

Let cultures clash and identities collide, for diversity benefits pupils and teachers alike.

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Private schools do not stand apart

Article Faranaaz Veriava - 20 Feb 2015

Make no mistake: the autonomy of such institutions does not trump the Constitution.

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Four pupils charged in ‘racial’ rape attack suspended

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Feb 2015

The pupils were suspended and are to appear before a disciplinary committee. They have also received the charges, said a department spokesperson.

Curro to stop segregating classrooms in Pretoria

Article Sapa - 2 Feb 2015

After black parents signed a petition against the school the educators have now promised to integrate 'black' and 'white' classes.

Free State school staff guilty of hate speech

Article Sapa - 24 Jul 2014

Comments by staff who called pupils "little black bitches" constituted a clear incident of hate speech, the SA Human Rights Commission has found.

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