Vryburg High School

Vryburg High School

Vryburg High School is a school in Vryburg, North West Province, South Africa. It made the news in 1998 when tensions between white, Afrikaans-speaking students and black students who were taught in English lead to violence including alleged hostage-taking, beatings of students, and riots. The incident was sparked of when a group of white male students assaulted a classmate 2 years their senior after he sexually assaulted a white female classmate. The black male in question (Babeile) retaliated by stabbing one of his attackers in the neck with a pair of scissors.

References

* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980228/ai_n14149065 Pupils plunge 'town of the free' into race war] The Independent, The; 28 February, 1998 (accessed 01 November 2006)
* [http://iafrica.com/news/sa/109213.htm Babeile in court for sexual harassment ] IOL, 03 August, 2004

Further reading

* [http://www.news24.com/News24/Archive/0,,2-1659_1162719,00.html Schoolboy stabbed with scissors] news24.com article


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