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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 admitted more could have been done to speed up transformation and ensure equal representation of diversity ...

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, where racial inequalities persist more than a quarter century after the end of White-minority rule. He j...

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 education and barred from certain professions. That has resulted in unequal access to post-school trai...

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.