Durban Girls College probes racism allegations as former pupils speak out

Durban - Durban Girls College has ordered an investigation into allegations of racism levelled after a number of former pupils took to social media to talk about racism at the school.

In the first video, which has been seen more than 40 000 times and has over 400 comments, one of the pupils said she and a black classmate were reprimanded for speaking during class after they told a teacher that white girls had told the black pupil that she was not invited to a party as it was "for white girls only".Another pupil said she was part of a hockey tour and another pupil told her that one of her classmates was only selected for the tour because of her skin colour.

In a second video, which has been seen over 12 000 times with more than 80 comments, a former pupil said white girls had complained about black girls in the boarding house speaking isiZulu.

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