Transcript · Afrikaans → English
Concerns Over School Leadership Changes
Good morning, people.
I am
so angry.
I'm not even going to hide it.
What?
What? You’re running around here up and down like crazy
people in the
schoolyard.
As if you’re not running a school race.
Let me tell you why I'm angry.
I came here this morning
from Eersterus Secondary, right, because I'm going to make this,
this video only in
Afrikaans, because I just want the people of Eersterus to
hear what
I have to say here now. Morning, morning. People,
if there was ever a time when you needed to wake up and get your
fingers
out, then it's now. Our school is being destroyed
under the supervision of
a state or a government that doesn't give a damn.
Under the supervision of a, an organization like SATO.
Yes, I said it, SATO. You, what did I find out this morning?
Our Mrs. Olsen,
for how many years the deputy, acting deputy,
uh, uh, uh, uh, principal was here at, uh, at this school.
She didn't get the position.
No, no, no, they appointed another Black person as a
deputy.
Yes, I sound very rac—racist now, but I don't give a damn.
Right? People can now tell me, "Yes,
she's racist, blah, blah, blah."
I don't care. The principal is already Black.
Now they're appointing a depu— a Black deputy, uh, here.
Our school is pitch-black. There are only five, uh, uh, Coloured, uh, uh,
teachers here. Only five! The rest are Black.
This school is Black. Here in Eersterus.
And if you aren't going to be as angry as I am then this school is going to keep…
The g— the government did at least say that they
were going to come here last week.
They didn't come. They didn't come.
People, you don't have a cooking clue what's going
on here
and you can't allow, "not under our watch can we let this
happen".
Our teachers are being oppressed.
Our teachers are being sexually mo-molested or, or, or, or
harassed. Our children here at school, there are children here who also
complain that they are being sexually, I don't know where they are being sexually
molested,
but there isn't even help for them here.
This school is going... It's our school, people.
Almost one hundred percent of us from Eersterus went to school here, and the school
is deteriorating by one hundred percent
We can't allow this. If, if there isn't, if there's not going to, uh,
be
action from our side, will you allow Mrs. Olsen
to
not get the job.
That she should just be pushed out like that.
And I also hear from someone that when a Black child here
does something wrong, then he is just given a warning.
When a co— a coloured child here does something wrong,
then he gets suspended, then
he has to leave. What the hell is that?
These people come and take over our schools in b-b-broad
daylight and nothing is done about it.
First of all, you aren't angry enough. Lord,
it's like Eldorado Park.
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, elsewhere! Ay, that wouldn't happen elsewhere.
Sorry. First of all, you're too passive.
You're too w-worried about other people's stuff.
Look at yourselves, look at your own school, look at your children's school.
These children won't even have a school later on.
We won't have this school anymore.
They import the stuff from freaking Venda,
and then
we come in, and their heads are here with us.
They import them from Zimbabwe, and then their heads are here with us.
Under our watch, and our people are qualified.
What the hell.
The rubbish, the rubbish can't go on, people.
These children…
There are people here who don't even attend school here, but they are here on our
school grounds because it's open. Let me show you. It is open.
It is open. Do you see the children walking there?
Our own schoolchildren, they are supposed to be here,
but they are running around here
like a bunch of mangoes.
The toilets aren't being used anymore, because how, how,
how can the toilets be used
?
The government was kamikaze. They sent a whole, uh, uh,
contingent.
They're coming now. They're flying from God knows where
from.
They never showed up. And the money. Let me quickly tell
you something, Eersterus, and that is what, uh, what I realized a long time ago too.
If this school asks you,
if the principal asks you whether a
request has been sent out,
that money is needed for this school.
You don't give a damn cent. You give nothing, because
this money isn't used for the school.
We don't know where that money is going.
The principal sits in his office the whole damn day and d-drinks
coffee. I come—I've—I've been to this school how many times,
I've
never seen him. I only speak to Mrs. Olsen every time,
because
she's present. But here, she didn't get the post, you guys.
They manipulate it like this, this Sato rubbish.
They manipulate it so that we and they say it
unequivocally: "The coloureds will not get the posts.
They are keeping the posts only for the black people."
It
is said.
Are we going to allow this?
It is your school.
Once upon a time
this was still a real school.
Burn our children's schools. Hm? Burn our children's schools.
Ah.
You will, you will take a very long time to convince
me of that.
They say, the department says,
um,
at least we still have buildings.
At least we still have buildings.
This is the, the norm. Is it, or is it a matter of them being
so used to their
children being taught at school under a tree?
Our children aren't used to that. The buildings aren't suitable.
It is not, it is not conducive to schooling.
Now I want
whoever has a problem with what I just said here
to come to me.
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Original transcript (Afrikaans)
Goeiemôre mense. Ek is so kwaad. Ek gaan dit nie eers wegsteek nie. Wat?
Wat? Julle hardloop hier rond op en af soos mal mense in die skooljaard. As jy nie 'n skoolloopie loop. Kom ek sê vir julle hoekom is ek kwaad.
Ek het hiernatoe gekom vanoggend by Eersterus Sekondêr, nie, want ek gaan hierdie, hierdie video gaan ek net in Afrikaans maak, want ek wil net hê Eersterus se mense moet hoor wat
ek nou hier te sê het. Môre, môre. Mense, as daar nou ooit 'n tyd was waar julle moet wakker word en julle vingers uithaal, dan's dit nou. Onse skool is besig om vernietig te word onder die toesig van
'n staat of 'n regering wat nie 'n hel omgee nie. Onder die toesig van 'n, 'n liggaam soos SATO. Ja, ek sê dit, SATO. Julle, wat het ek vanoggend uitgevind? Ons mevrou Olsen, wat vir hoeveel jaar die deputy, acting deputy,
uh, uh, uh, uh, principal was hier in, uh, by hierdie skool. Sy't nie die pos gekry nie. Nee, nee, nee, hulle het nog 'n swarte aangestel as 'n deputy. Ja, ek klink nou baie rassis-rassisties, maar ek gee nie 'n bloue
duit om nie. Right? Mense kan nou vir my sê: "Ja, sy's rassisties, bla, bla, bla." I don't care. Die hoof is klaar swart. Nou stel hulle 'n depu-- 'n swart deputy, uh, aan. Onse skool is pikswart. Hier's net vyf so, uh, uh, kleurling, uh, uh,
onderwysers hierso. Net vyf! Die res is swart. Hierdie skool is swart. Hier in Eersterus. En as julle nie so kwaad gaan wees soos ek nie, dan gaan hierdie skool heeltyd... Die s-- die government het darem maar gesê hulle gaan verlede week kom hierso.
Hulle het nie gekom nie. Hulle het nie ge-kom nie. Mense, julle het nie 'n cooking clue wat gaan hierso aan nie en julle kan nie toelaat, "not under our watch can we let this happen".
Onse onderwysers word onderdruk. Onse onderwysers word seksueel ge-gemolesteer of, of, of, of geteister. Onse kinders hier op skool, hier's kinders hierso wat ook kla dat hulle seksueel, ek weet nou nie waar word hulle seksueel gemolesteer nie,
maar hier's nie eers hulp vir hulle nie. This school is going... Dis onse skool, mense. Amper 'n honderd persent van ons wat van Eersterus af kom, het hier skool geloop en die skool is besig om teen honderd persent agteruit te gaan.
Ons kan dit nie toelaat nie. As, as daar nie, if there's not going to, uh, be action from our side, gaan julle toelaat dat mevrou Olsen nie die pos kry nie. Dat sy net so uitgewerk word.
En ek verneem ook by iemand dat wanneer 'n swart kind hier verkeerd doen, dan word hy net 'n warning gegee. Wanneer 'n ka-, 'n coloured kind hierso verkeerd gedoen, dan word hy gesuspend, dan moet hy loop. Watse stront is daai?
Hierdie mense kom vat onse skole oor b-b-broad daylight en niks word daarmee gedoen nie. Eersterus, julle raak nie kwaad genoeg nie. Here, it like Eldorado Park. Ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, elders! Ai, die sal nie gebeur in elders nie.
Sorry. Eersterus, julle is te passief. Julle is te ge-worried met ander mense se goeters. Kyk na julleself, kyk na julle eie skool, kyk na julle kinders se skool. Hierdie kinders gaan later nie eers meer 'n skool hê nie. Ons gaan nie meer hierdie skool hê nie.
Hulle, die goed word ingevoer van frikkin Benda af, dan kom ons, dan word hulle hoofde hierso by ons. Hulle word ingevoer van Zimbabwe af, dan word hulle hoofde hier by ons. Under our watch en onse mense is gekwalifiseerd.
Watsek. Die rabbish, die rabbish kan nie aangaan nie, mense. Hierdie kinders... Hier's mense wat nie eers hierso skool loop nie, maar hulle is hier op onse skooljaard want dis oop. Kom ek wys julle. Dit is oop.
Dit is oop. Sien jy daar loop die kinders? Eie skoolkinders, hulle is supposed om hier te wees, maar hulle hardloop hier rond soos 'n klomp mangoeie. Die toilette word nie meer gebruik nie, want hoe, hoe,
hoe kan die toilette gebruik word? Government was kamikaze. Hulle het 'n hele, uh, uh, uitstinnery gestuur. Hulle gaan nou kom. Hulle vlieg van ek weet nie flippen waar
af nie. Nooit opgedaag nie. En die gelde. Kom ek sê gou vir julle iets, Eersterus, en dit is wat, uh, wat ek ook lankal besef het. As hierdie skool vir julle vra, as die hoof vir julle vra of daar word 'n,
'n request uitgestuur, daar word geld benodig vir hierdie skool. Jy gee nie a dooie sent nie. Jy gee niks nie, want hierdie geld word nie gebruik vir die skool nie. Ons weet nie waarnatoe gaan daai geld nie.
Die hoof sit die hele bleddie dag in sy kantoor en s-suip koffie. Hy kom ek het-- ek was al hoeveel keer by hierdie skool, ek het hom nog nooit gesien nie. Ek praat net elke keer met mevrou Olsen, want
sy's teenwoordig. Maar hier, sy het nie die pos gekry nie, julle. Hulle bewerk dit so, hierdie Sato gemorste. Hulle bewerk dit so dat ons en hulle sê dit onomwonde: "Die coloureds gaan nie die poste kry nie. Hulle hou die poste vir net vir die
swartes." It is said. Gaan ons dit toelaat? Dit is julle skool. Once upon a time
was die nog 'n regte skool. Brand onse kinders se skole. Hm? Brand onse kinders se skole. Ah. You will, you will take a very long time to convince me of that.
Hulle sê, die departement sê, um, at least het ons nog geboue. At least het ons nog geboue. Die is die, die normaal. Is dit, of is dit 'n kwessie van hulle
is so gewoond hulle kinders word skool gegee onder 'n boom? Onse kinders is nie gewoond daaraan nie. Die geboue is nie reg nie. Dit is nie, it is not conducive for school. Nou ek wil hê
wie ever 'n probleem het met wat ek nou hier gesê het, kom vir my.
