We don’t feel safe here: Hillcrest High School pupil

Durban — KZN Education MEC Mbali Frazer has commissioned a week-long commission of inquiry into racism and sexism allegations at Hillcrest High School.

This was after pupils poured their hearts out to Frazer about incidents of racism, sexism, bullying and body shaming in the school on Thursday.

The MEC had visited the school after media reports about a leaked WhatsApp group chat between school boys who used derogatory language, racial slurs, the K-word, and the N-word.

The meeting was supposed to be between Frazer and the school management, but things took a sharp turn when a group of pupils of the school tabled the issues they were facing, which they said were being swept under the…

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