South Africa - Black Pupils Go To School

(22 Feb 1996) T/I: 10:00:30
A South African school on Thursday (22/2) was forced to open its doors to black pupils in an attempt to end a tradition of discrimination from the apartheid era. Police stood by with armoured vehicles as the black family that led the legal challenge arrived at the school.
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POTGIETERSRUS, SOUTH AFRICA, 22/2
Police outside school.
Sign showing name of school.
Black pupils arriving for school.
White onlookers.
CU police.
CU black children.
CU white parents watching.
Black family arriving.
Whites taking children in.
Black child crying with parent.
Police.
White child with mother.
Inside classroom parents registering children.
Small boys.
Father taking daughter out of school.
SOT chairman of parent body, Koos Nel, saying: "i believe most parents are going to keep their children home today, but only because we try to avoid conflict ...we don't fear the black children. it's the principle we want to maintain our afrikaans culture."
Black children and parent entering.
SOT Koos Engelbrecht, "I'm happy its settled now...its my concern that the children have the chance of a better education."
Cutaway.
Engelbrecht SOT continues, ...I hope there won't be hard feelings in future."
Afrikaans-speaking woman saying he (previous speaker) is a marked
man.
Onlookers watching.
Police walking nearby.
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