School reverses learner’s drag show punishment
mambaonline.comRustenburg High School punished a learner because she attended a drag show (Photo: Facebook) A Hoërskool Rustenburg (Rustenburg High School) matric student who was punished for celebrating her 18th birthday at a drag show is relieved that the school has made a U-turn. On 23 July, Desiré Duvenage was told by a teacher that she’d been stripped of her role as chairperson of the school’s Land Service management team.
This was because teachers had become aware of a social media video of her at the drag show at the Beefcakes LGBTQ restaurant in January.
The Land Service, which is offered as an extracurricular environmental activity at schools, later confirmed that Duvenage had been found guilty of “immorality” over the video, despite none of the organisation’s disciplinary procedures being followed.
The school itself failed to communicate the punishment in writing to Duvenage and her parents and also did not undertake any disciplinary process before making its decision.
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