Kzn School To Be Investigated For Alleged Religious Intolerance

President of the religious body, the South African Hindu Maha Sabha, Ashwin Trikamjee says the organisation will not allow religious intolerance in schools to be overlooked.

This after allegations of discrimination surfaced at Drakensberg Secondary, at Escourt in KwaZulu-Natal, after two Hindu pupils were asked to remove their red Luxmi prayer strings, usually worn on the wrist or cover it up during school hours.

The matter was reported to the South African Hindu Maha Sabha for investigation.

Trikamjee says the principles of the constitution in relation to religious rights must be upheld at schools.

Weve written to the Department of Education as well, as soon as we get a response from them, and Im sure theres going to be a substantive response, but we are not going to let it lie - as one of those instances oh sorry we, it shouldnt have happened, we apologising. Thats not going to be acceptable to us. I feel that the time may well come where when you get perpetrators who are deliberately flouting these principles that are enshrined in our constitution, then we must seriously consider laying criminal charges against them.