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EFF begtogings voor die Hoërskool Brackenfell hierdie week was ’n broeiplek vir rasse-haat en geweld. Betogers en inwoners het mekaar eers toegejou, maar kort voor lank het geweld uitgebreek. Sien berig en nog foto’s op bladsy 3. FOTO: NEELS KLEYNHANS / NK PHOTOGRAPHY
MATRIC BALL: THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK
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hile vitriolic political sentiments and racial division were raging outside the school gates at Brackenfell High School, voices in the local community, particularly the youth, spoke in different tones. Many matric learners at the school, white and of colour, all writing their final matric exam, have been somewhat disillusioned by the scandal, while others who claim to have experienced racism at the
school in the past, saw it coming. The race debacle all started with a mother wanting to do something special for her matric daughter; a to-be-doomed masked ball only attended by white learners; a social media post from an angry father, and the rest is history. The mother in question says it was never her intention to exclude learners of colour. “Covid had cost the matrics their entire matric year, all the traditions were lost, they lost everything and I was heart wrenched for my daughter who had been looking forward to her matric farewell for years. My only in-
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ners, which included persons of colour. I even started a WhatsApp group, which was widely circulated and open to anyone. The only problem is that the venue could only accommodate 100 people and tickets were limited. It was sold on a first come first served basis. In the end only 42 matric learners out of the total group of 260 from the school attended the function, the rest of the 72 participants were learners from other schools and even partners already out of school,” she says. V To page 2
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