PUPILS at a Johannesburg high school have been captured in a shocking video having sex, fighting in a classroom and sniffing white powder suspected to be drugs on a school desk.
The four-minute video clip, titled Yizo Yizo - the return CJB, shows pupils of Chris J Botha Secondary School in Bosmont, western Johannesburg, recreating graphic scenes from the controversial school-based drama series Yizo Yizo.
The clip - purporting to be a trailer for a film set to be released two weeks ago - has been widely shared on social media since last month, even by pupils at other schools.
It consists of pictures and videos set to the 2002 song Ghetto Fabulous featured in the series Yizo Yizo, which aired on SABC1 more than a decade ago.
The TV show dealt with issues such as rape, violence, drug dealing, harassment and a school on the verge of anarchy.
The video clip also shows a wild party in the boys' bathroom and someone who appears to be a teacher sleeping on a desk.
In one scene a pupil is seen standing on a teacher's desk with the words "Grandma is not here" appearing above his head.
In another a teacher walks into a classroom and shortly after she leaves again, the camera turns to a boy's genitals.
Then the mayhem continues with pupils dancing on desks.
Gauteng education spokeswoman Phumla Sekhonyane said the department was conducting an investigation to establish the "certainty of the facts" regarding the video.
"The department will also take action to protect children from all forms of abuse and neglect," Sekhonyane said.
Chris J Botha Secondary principal, Hagan Godfrey, said he was "disgusted" by the video. He said disciplinary measures were being taken against the 18 pupils appearing in the video.
Godfrey said he had confronted the teacher who was seemingly caught sleeping and she said she had been feeling ill and "rested her eyes during her free time".
He said he also spoke to the pupils in the video and they had various excuses, including that the pictures were not taken on school premises and the white powder being sniffed had been chalk dust.
Godfrey said police conducted regular drug raids at the school.
"We are sitting on a ticking time bomb," he said.
"My biggest challenge is keeping the drugs in the community out of the school," he said.
A Grade 10 pupil at the school who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals yesterday said: "I know what's going on in the school but nobody bothers to change it. It's not right and a teacher sleeping in class is normal."
wagnerle@timesmedia.co.za
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Sex, drugs at school
PUPILS at a Johannesburg high school have been captured in a shocking video having sex, fighting in a classroom and sniffing white powder suspected to be drugs on a school desk.
The four-minute video clip, titled Yizo Yizo - the return CJB, shows pupils of Chris J Botha Secondary School in Bosmont, western Johannesburg, recreating graphic scenes from the controversial school-based drama series Yizo Yizo.
The clip - purporting to be a trailer for a film set to be released two weeks ago - has been widely shared on social media since last month, even by pupils at other schools.
It consists of pictures and videos set to the 2002 song Ghetto Fabulous featured in the series Yizo Yizo, which aired on SABC1 more than a decade ago.
The TV show dealt with issues such as rape, violence, drug dealing, harassment and a school on the verge of anarchy.
The video clip also shows a wild party in the boys' bathroom and someone who appears to be a teacher sleeping on a desk.
In one scene a pupil is seen standing on a teacher's desk with the words "Grandma is not here" appearing above his head.
In another a teacher walks into a classroom and shortly after she leaves again, the camera turns to a boy's genitals.
Then the mayhem continues with pupils dancing on desks.
Gauteng education spokeswoman Phumla Sekhonyane said the department was conducting an investigation to establish the "certainty of the facts" regarding the video.
"The department will also take action to protect children from all forms of abuse and neglect," Sekhonyane said.
Chris J Botha Secondary principal, Hagan Godfrey, said he was "disgusted" by the video. He said disciplinary measures were being taken against the 18 pupils appearing in the video.
Godfrey said he had confronted the teacher who was seemingly caught sleeping and she said she had been feeling ill and "rested her eyes during her free time".
He said he also spoke to the pupils in the video and they had various excuses, including that the pictures were not taken on school premises and the white powder being sniffed had been chalk dust.
Godfrey said police conducted regular drug raids at the school.
"We are sitting on a ticking time bomb," he said.
"My biggest challenge is keeping the drugs in the community out of the school," he said.
A Grade 10 pupil at the school who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals yesterday said: "I know what's going on in the school but nobody bothers to change it. It's not right and a teacher sleeping in class is normal."
wagnerle@timesmedia.co.za
For more stories like this one, be sure to buy the Sowetan newspaper from Mondays to Fridays
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