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Central Bank Head Enters South Africa School Diversity Fray Bloomberg Lesetja Kganyago’s comments add to a growing debate about integrating more Black South Africans into one of the world’s most-unequal societies, where racial inequalities persist more than a quarter century after the end of White-minority rule. He joined a group of parents in an anti-racism protest at Cornwall Hill College, a private school attended by his daughter near Pretoria, the capital. “The sc...

SA schools that were reserved for white pupils during apartheid should recruit more black educators, teach more African languages and change admissions criteria, according to the country’s central bank governor.

Anyone who seeks to defend it should look deep within themselves. South Africa will never grow while racism still thrives.

Pupil Singo Ravele said a teacher told her she would look better if she chemically straightened her hair.

Learners at Cornwall Hill College in Irene shared their experiences of racism at the school during protest action on Monday.

Cornwall Hill College principal Leon Kunneke apologises for delay in transformation By Goitsemang Tlhabye Share Pretoria - The Gauteng school at the centre of a racism storm has admitted to have failed its learners, as past and present pupils accused it of having enabled a discriminatory culture by obsessing with black hair and turning a blind eye to racial prejudice. As angry parents and pupils descended on the school at Irene in Tshwane to seek answers, Cornwall Hill College yesterday admitte...

Central Bank Head Enters Fray Over South Africa School Diversity Prinesha Naidoo, Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- South African schools that were reserved for White pupils during apartheid should recruit more Black educators, teach more African languages and change admissions criteria, according to the country’s central bank governor. Lesetja Kganyago’s comments add to a growing debate about integrating more Black South Africans into one of the world’s most-unequal societies, wher...

While schools and cities haven’t officially been divided by race since the end of White-minority rule in 1994, disparities in wealth and an apartheid strategy of placing so-called townships, where many Blacks were compelled to live, on the periphery of cities, has meant that inequities persist. That has resulted in student bodies that don’t reflect the country’s demographics. Apartheid laws meant that Blacks and other racial groups that were discriminated against were given an inferior ed...

THE protest against alleged racism at Cornwall Hill College has left author and activist Zulaikha Patel battling with trauma.

Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi is visiting Cornwall Hill College in Irene, Pretoria, on Monday following allegations of racism which last week resulted in a stand-off between parents and school officials.