A Bronkhorstspruit school has distanced itself from allegations that it hosted a matric farewell only for white learners, last Friday.
This comes after some learners took to social media accusing Hoërskool Erasmus of being racist by excluding black learners from what they called a “whites only” event.
Learners alleged that they were only promised a picnic while their white counterparts could dress up.
The school claimed it had no hand in planning the event.
“The school did not organise any matric farewell for the grade 12 learners,” said the Department of Education’s spokesperson Steve Mabona.
“The decision to cancel the matric farewell was made after numerous discussions and a survey, where the majority of learners and parents decided against hosting it.”
Mabona said the department conducted a preliminary investigation on Tuesday, 27 October 2020 which revealed that the school was not aware of such an event.
“Sadly, the event in question was privately organised by about 10 learners together with their friends at a private venue.
“The department promotes non-racialism, and any form of racism is condemned in the strongest possible terms,” he concluded.
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