Race row sparks probe at South African private schools

South African education and human rights authorities said Tuesday they had launched investigations into racism at private schools after parents at one school complained that black and white pupils were segregated. The probe was ordered after 30 parents of children at Curro Foundation School, a pre-primary school in Pretoria, wrote a petition last month condemning the splitting of classes based on race. "The sector needs to be regulated," said Panyaza Lesufi, the provincial education mi