'Slave auction' video: South African pupils to face disciplinary

Viral footage appears to show schoolchildren in Cape Town "selling" off black classmates.

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The footage, showing pupils in a cage while other students bid for them, caused outrage when it was shared on social media last Friday.

It was filmed at Pinelands High School and involved students in grade eight, which is the first year of secondary school when pupils are aged around 14.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has said it has opened its own investigation into the incident.

It comes as two other schools in the country - where white-minority rule ended three decades ago with the election of anti-apartheid fighter Nelson Mandela as president - are dealing with alleged racist incidents.

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