Paarl Boys' High has broken its silence after being accused of alleged racist acts during two school sports games this past weekend.
In quite shocking news that came to light over the weekend, it was revealed that a first-team hockey game between Paarl Boys’ High and Rondebosch was called off as the result of an alleged racial incident.
This shocking incident is also said to have escalated into more sports games played on Saturday when a black player was allegedly also the subject of monkey sounds after being red carded.“Certain allegations made regarding events supposedly transpiring during the past weekend’s sports against Rondebosch High School, are approached and investigated with due seriousness,” the statement to the education department read.
“Heavy heartbreaking racism came from Paarl Boys High boys this weekend. Friday night a hockey game gets called off due to monkey gestures, yesterday making monkey noises towards one of the rugby boys.. this is tough to watch, the kid looks broken. Hope they dealt with big time,” read the X post which was coupled with a 33-second video of the alleged racism incident during the rugby match.The post highlighting racism in schools rugby. Image: Screenshot.
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