Pretoria Girls High pupils were victims of racism - MEC
Pretoria – Black pupils at Pretoria High School for Girls were victims of racism and the school’s hair policy was enforced without sensitivity, Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said on Friday.
Black pupils’ dignity was violated on numerous occasions, he said at the release of a report into the school.
Some teachers enforced the school’s hair policy without sensitivity. Black girls were randomly pulled out of assembly and told to "fix" their hair.
Black pupils were told to stand in groups according to their ethnic background, while white girls remained seated, according to one incident detailed in the report.
There were cases where black children were called monkeys, he said.