JUST IN: Students suspended over Cape Town school ‘slave auction’

Several Pinelands High School students have been suspended for their alleged involvement in an alleged racist incident.

The students were suspended pending the outcome of an investigation into an alleged “auction” of black students at the school recently.

Students at Pinelands High School allegedly locked up fellow black pupils in a cage and pretended to auction them to the highest bidder.

They were priced from R100 000 and became the “property” of other learners who had “bought” them. A video of the “slave auction” has been shared widely online but contains images of minors so has not been added to this article.

The Western Cape Education Department said it was disturbed by the incident and had conducted interviews with the students involved.

Spokesperson Bronagh Hammond said counselling was being offered to learners at the school.

This is a developing story