Protests broke out on Monday at Hoërskool Jan Viljoen on Monday after an alleged racially motivated attack left two limping. The protesters and pupils claimed that racism was rife at Hoërskool Jan Viljoen.
A pupil involved in the incident on Friday said that a group of black Grade 8 pupils were listening to music during lunch when they were approached by white schoolmates who allegedly told them to stop playing “your kaff*r music here”.
“We were playing our music and dancing. The white kids said this is not our place and we should leave,” recalled one pupil who asked not to be named for fear of victimisation.
“We left them and went to another area. They followed us and started punching us. They were even insulting us, calling us kaff*rs,” said the pupil.
Earlier on Monday rubber bullets and teargas were fired outside the institution to disperse protesting parents, Congress of South African Students members and protesters dressed in ANC and EFF regalia picketing outside the school and calling for an end to racism.
Tensions ran high as there were clear divisions among parents.
In-contact schooling was suspended on Monday and the department said classes would resume online on Tuesday.
A parents meeting is scheduled for Thursday.
Sources: MSN, Jacaranda FM
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