Curro Holdings addresses social media controversy and racism allegations

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Curro Holdings addressed controversial social media post depicting children in workplace roles, perpetuating inappropriate stereotypes.

Curro Holdings swiftly addressed controversial social media post depicting children in workplace roles, perpetuating inappropriate stereotypes, on X platform. Image: Facebook/ CurroCurro Holdings swiftly addressed controversial social media post depicting children in workplace roles, perpetuating inappropriate stereotypes, on X platform. Image: Facebook/ CurroThe post, now deleted, drew criticism for depicting a black child as a cashier and a white child as a veterinarian.

Curro believes the destiny of Black people is being cashiers while whites can have careers of theirs choices and owning means of production In response to the backlash, Curro Holdings issued a post on Facebook expressing regret for the offense caused and affirming their commitment to diversity and non-racialism in their schools.

Curro Holdings stated, “We apologise for the offense caused and are urgently following our internal processes to understand fully the circumstances of the post to ensure that such an error is not repeated in the future.”Moreover, this incident follows a string of controversies surrounding Curro Holdings, including recent allegations of racism at Curro Protea Glen in Soweto.was suspended for using derogatory language towards a teacher.

Additionally, the institution emphasised the company’s commitment to providing support to affected learners and their families, stating, “Curro commits to offering counseling or other support to the affected learners after engaging with their parents.”

 

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