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Paballo Bachoko, right, of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls with her mother, Pauline Bachoko. PHOTO: ANTONIO MUCHAVE

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Pauline Bachoko alleges that academy head Anne van Zyl refused to find her child Paballo Bachoko, 17, alternative schooling as promised.

Paballo was expelled from the school for allegedly stealing airtime.

Now Paballo idles her time away at home in Kagiso because her choice of subjects is not available in many schools in Kagiso.

"There are a few schools that are prepared to take her, but the problem is the subjects that she is doing," Bachoko says. "Van Zyl promised to find a school and pay her school fees.

"The one that matches her subjects is the Dominican Convent in Kensington and it costs R105,200 a year, which I don't have."

Bachoko also claims Van Zyl told her she will no longer help because Sowetan had run an article about her daughter's case. Van Zyl refutes the claim that she will not help because of the story.

"That is not what I said to her mother. I told her that we are trying to find a school for Paballo with the Department of Education. I cannot say when we will find the school."

Dominican Convent principal Michael Till says Van Zyl has approached the school for a space, though she has not contacted them this year.

Bachoko even approached the office of the executive mayor of Mogale City for help.

Mogale City local municipality spokesman Nkosana Zali says: "The office of the executive mayor of Mogale City was approached by Pauline Bachoko to assist her child".

- bambalelep@sowetan.co.za

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Jan 14, 2013

Msiphos00

This Paballo seems very tjatjarag (uyaphapha) you can see even in the photo
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Jan 14, 2013

fikas

you steal airtime and expect to be treated with velvet gloves, you should be nuts. most deserving kids with good manners were left out to accommodate a thief like you at a prestigious academy. you deserve it and your mom must stop running to the papers cause it shows poor parenting from her side.
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Jan 14, 2013

THEmadame2B-BBEE

this girl o maka, she got expelled for something really drastic, as for airtime with such schools you could had been given a warning, so this Bachoko family ke moleko fela trying to ruin Oprah's good name
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Jan 14, 2013

Lord-Have-Mercy

Oprah is not a Christian, she does not beleave in
Jesus as the messiah. There is something to gain from these kids. Americans fund where they will gain something at the end of the day. Mostly its evil gains
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Jan 14, 2013

swona

how can anyone ruin a thief's life?
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Jan 14, 2013

Nastradamas

big ups to my home girl from Kagiso,thats my hood
how much air time did you steal le wena ?
ei wa tshwara tshwara
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Jan 14, 2013

OmoT

The entitlement culture rearing its ugly head again.

Given the opportunity of a lifetime, scuttled it by stealing, refuses to go to nearby schools because they don't offer her subject combination...

As for the mother...

I'm at a loss for words. *smh*


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Jan 14, 2013

Emworld

@ Lord-have-Mercy: Americans fund where they will gain something at the end of the day. Mostly its evil gains

You have hit a nail on the head there, Americans have a way of milking you and pretend to be good and mostly they hide under the sponsorship, Investors and related things. The sooner our leadership realise it the better.

TX
EM
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Jan 14, 2013

Mokwepa

@Msiphos00
This Paballo seems very tjatjarag (uyaphapha) you can see even in the photo
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dankie!!
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Jan 14, 2013

KeRataBasadi

Eish, ungrateful youngin', the opportunity of a lifetime and all she gets out of it is stolen airtime, probably ya go jola, Van Zyl should not even be bothering with this brat, Mmage oreng yena vele.
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