A school disciplinary committee in the Western Cape stands accused of dishing out racist punishment to one student – Photo: Facebook / Milnerton High
A school disciplinary committee in the Western Cape stands accused of dishing out racist punishment to one student – Photo: Facebook / Milnerton High
This is a real sickener. Officials have rushed to condemn Milnerton High School for ‘humiliating’ one of their black students, after he was forced to make a grovelling and degrading apology to a white learner.
The Western Cape Provincial Department of Education is now investigating the matter thoroughly, but the early details emerging from the school are genuinely eye-watering…
We are shocked to hear about a disturbing report between learners and teachers at Milnerton High School where the head of the school’s disciplinary committee allegedly made the black pupil get on his knees and bow to the white pupil after an argument over a bench.
— @AmnestySAfrica (@AmnestySAfrica) February 15, 2022
The Chairperson of the Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture – Elleck Nchabeleng – branded the incident as ‘shocking and disgusting’. He has told investigators to leave no stone unturned with their work, and urged everyone at Milnerton High to publicly condemn this blatant act of racism.
“It is extremely shocking and disgusting to learn about incidents of this nature taking place at schools that are supposed to be places where seeds of non-racialism and non-sexism are sowed. The committee condemns this alleged humiliation in strongest terms and it should also be condemned by all at Milnerton High.”
Elleck Nchabeleng