Pupils refuse to go to class, claiming racism at Durban school Pupils at Greenbury Secondary School in Durban protested on Monday morning. Stock photo. Image: SAMORN TARAPAN/123rf.com KwaZulu-Natal education department officials were at a school in Phoenix, north of Durban, on Monday afternoon after pupils embarked on a protest, claiming there was widespread racism at Greenbury Secondary School. The pupils began the protest on Friday when they refused to go to class. When the school week began on Monday, pupils held up placards, toyi-toyied and tried to block traffic on the road outside the school. Pupils at Greenbury Secondary School in Phoenix embarked on protest action over claims of racism. The department of education is still trying to get details of the claims. @TimesLIVEpic.twitter.com/Q5anulQZeK— Nivashni Nair (@NivashniNair) March 8, 2021