Back in 2017 the Human Rights Commission held an inquiry into allegations of racism at Klipspruit West Secondary School, the greater Eldorado Park and surrounding communities, south-west of Johannesburg.

The report issued by the commission makes for shocking reading. It laid bare the deep-seated racism between black Africans and coloured people in the area. At the time there were widespread, violent protests which disrupted schooling, seemingly sparked by the hiring of a black principal at the school...