While two investigations have been launched into the homophobia that took place at DF Malan High, the ACDP has come out in full support of the school’s discriminatory stance. On Thursday, both the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) announced that they’d launched investigations into the Cape Town school.
MambaOnline earlier reported that LGBTIQ+ students were banned by the principal and governing body from commemorating LGBTIQ+ Pride month because it would be “disruptive”.
When some students held a low-key gathering on Monday 7 June, they were subjected to queerphobic threats and intimidation from other students and were told by the principal that they had brought the abuse on