The Western Cape Education Department said that it will be seeking legal action against the consultant firm that conducted a diversity intervention at Fish Hoek High School, which seemingly traumatised the students.The diversity intervention, which took place at the school on Monday, 31 October 2022, caused hurt and division and was cancelled the following day, on Tuesday, 1 November 2022.
The matter has attracted much attention, with political parties such as the FF Plus and DA weighing in.The diversity programme was implemented following an incident in May of this year in which a teacher at the school used racial slurs during an Afrikaans lesson. On the topic of reverse racism, Ngoasheng told the students that it doesn’t exist and that black people cannot be racist.
Felicity Purchase, who is the Speaker of the City of Cape Town Council, is a member of the group. She says, “I went to the school when I was young, and now I’m on the Bursary Trust, so I try to help the school as much as I can.” The parents said that they were not asked to consent to the training, with some calling for calm and others believing pressure should be put on the principal to take action.In a statement issued by the school on Tuesday, principal Steve Joubert said that the diversity session had evoked a strong reaction. He explained that the programme would be suspended while what was shared was more deeply reviewed.
“We do this work precisely because we want to develop a culture of dialogue and debate on these issues without sowing further division and discord,” she explained. DA national spokesperson and MP Cilliers Brink said what they believed happened was racialised bullying directed at the learners.
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