Select Committee Chairperson on Education condemns humiliation of a black pupil at Milnerton High
The Chairperson of the Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture, Mr Elleck Nchabeleng has condemned in strongest terms an incident where a black pupil was forced to bow on his knees before a fellow white pupil at Milnerton High School.
According to media reports, two male black and white pupils had a fight over a bench during the school break last week. After the matter was reported to a teacher, the following day the head of the school’s disciplinary committee made the black pupil get on his knees and bow to the white pupil several times.
Furthermore, according to the report, the black pupil was made to raise his hands up and down while he was on his knees and that took place in front of some learners. Expressing his anguish to other learners, the black pupil said the humiliation he suffered stripped him of his dignity.
Mr Nchebeleng said: “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.”
Mr Nchabeleng said the committee calls on the school and the Western Cape Provincial Department of Education to leave no stone unturned to get to the bottom of the matter and the perpetrators face the appropriate consequences.
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