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Black pupils arrive at school escorted by police officers

Black pupils arrive at school escorted by police officers

Date
22 Feb 1996
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Black pupils arrive at school escorted by police officers

A few days after the ruling by the Supreme Court to force Potgietersrus Primary School in Limpopo Province to allow Black pupils to enroll, sixteen Black children arrived at school protected by police officers to register. They were subjected to a barrage of racist verbal abuse by some members of the White community whose children attended the same school. The low attendance by White pupils affirmed their parents' stance. Only twenty out of almost 700 pupils came to school on that day. Many White parents threatened to establish their own school, rather have their children attend a multiracial school.

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  1. 01Keesing's Record of World Events, New Digest for February 1996, p. 40939.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Black pupils arrive at school escorted by police officers. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013240

South African History Online (2011) 'Black pupils arrive at school escorted by police officers', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013240 (Accessed: 6 August 2026).

South African History Online, Black pupils arrive at school escorted by police officers [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013240, (accessed 6 August 2026).

"Black pupils arrive at school escorted by police officers." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013240. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Black pupils arrive at school escorted by police officers." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013240.

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