Uproot racism in schools with two simple steps

The emphasis should move from assimilation, or making everyone fit in to resemble the old guard, to integration — embracing a new inclusive culture

20 February 2022 - 00:00 By Teresa Oakley-Smith

Violent incidents at Hoërskool Jan Viljoen in Randfontein this week struck me with a sickening sense of déjà vu.

In 1996, I had sat on the Kambule Commission of Inquiry into education in North West, which singled out Vryburg High School as a hotbed of racial disharmony...

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