MEC Lesufi vows to 'shake' controversial Curro, says 'watch this space'

 

Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi outside the Curro Roodeplaat School on June 18, 2015 in Pretoria, South Africa. Lesufi says he's furious and deeply disgusted following a video showing pupils from the school being separated according to race while on a school outing. In February this year the same school was found to have separated pupils according to race in classrooms.
The move is seen as an attempt by the MEC to force the closure of the school after its latest racism row, threatening on Friday to “shake” the schools foundation and reiterating that this time the school had “crossed the line,” the Saturday Star reported.

“There will never be an inch of racism that will happen under my watch,” the MEC said.

A picture taken outside Curro Roodeplaat School in the north of Pretoria on June 18, 2015.

Asked if he was considering legal action against the school, the MEC would only say, “watch this space, according to the report.
According to the paper, the MEC is next week set to meet with the schools multimillion funders – the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and the Old Mutual Investment Group SA through its Schools Fund, in a bid to persuade both investors to cut ties with the school.