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Parents at Cornwall Hill College in Pretoria have demanded the principal’s resignation, for failing to address systemic racism at the school

South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyagos daughter goes to the school. For the past week, parents have been protesting at the school, where pupils had been calling for significant transformation after claims that black children were discriminated against.

Lesufi says policies at the school need to be reviewed. "My discussion with them was very clear, go back to the negotiation table, resolve all outstanding problems and ensure everyone is welcomed in this school," Lesufi said. "But one thing that is very clear and what I want to emphasise to the leadership of this school -- stop this obsession with the hair of our children. "We are all human beings and all of us deserve to be happy." Source

RACISM in Mzansi is regarded as an ongoing problem that has remained a societal and an institutionalised issue since the end of apartheid.

WATCH: Panyaza Lesufi promises no more racism at Cornwall Hill College By Goitsemang Tlhabye Share Pretoria - Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has promised black learners and their parents that racism and mistreatment would no longer take place at Cornwall Hill College. Lesufi was speaking at the school as parents and some learners gathered for a mass protest against racism at the school and the lack of commitment to transformation by the schools leadership. The MEC took the opportunity to ...

Last week, parents held a demonstration at the school's fundraiser golf day event. They voiced their displeasure at racism and discrimination at the private school.

A pupil at Cornwall Hill College has recalled the first time she experienced racism at the elite school in Tshwane.

Parents and pupils at Cornwall Hill College in Irene are staging a protest over allegations of racism at the prestigious school.

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi met with management of the private school on Monday morning after a standoff between parents and teachers over allegations of racism and unfair treatment of black pupils.

SA Reserve bank governor Lesetja Kganyago joined an anti-racism protest at Cornwall Hill College SA Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago joined a protest outside his daughters private school in Irene on Tuesday. Parents at Cornwall Hill College are protesting a lack of diversity and transformation Kganyago told broadcaster eNCA that the school needed to recruit more black teachers.  South African schools that were reserved for white pupils during apartheid should recrui...