Gauteng Education Department Acknowledges Curro Social Media Post Incident

Acknowledging the recent Curro social media post incident, the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has taken note of Curro Holdings’ statement addressing the racially unbalanced narrative portrayed in the post.

Over the weekend, images circulated online, sparking public outrage as they depicted a black learner as a cashier and a white learner as a veterinarian, according to Jacaranda FM.

On Tuesday, Curro Holdings released a statement admitting the error and promptly removing the post. The statement emphasised the organisation’s commitment to diversity and non-racialism within its schools. Curro pledged to investigate the post’s circumstances to prevent similar incidents in the future.

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Responding to the incident, numerous individuals voiced their frustrations on social media platform X.

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Why does Curro give the black girl the dream of a job as a cashier while the white girls can dream to become vets? pic.twitter.com/6J5KcpCMOX

— Vimlesh Rajbansi (@VimleshRajbansi) April 1, 2024

No offence to people making an honest living but being a cashier isn’t a career. Why would curro think they should have it on career day or whatever that was happening on that day? Let alone having a black child be one. Psychologically what does it say to that kid & her peers?

— Char_2709 (@Char_2709) April 1, 2024

Curro believes the destiny of Black people is being cashiers while whites can have careers of theirs choices and owning means of production pic.twitter.com/kMBscbIhzR

— 𝐓𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐨🇬🇦™❁ (@MtsheposSA) April 1, 2024

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GDE spokesperson Steve Mabona highlighted the broader context of racial challenges faced by Curro, including a previous incident where a black educator was racially abused.

Mabona stressed the importance of addressing such incidents, emphasising the need to investigate Curro’s value system and ensure accountability for promoting racial equality and human rights across all its institutions and personnel.

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Picture: X / UJFM #ShapingTheFuture

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