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Unfair Treatment of Albinos in Schools

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                      Students Isolates themselves to other areas to avoid "muthi killings" Kemisetso Matjie Abduction and fear of children living with Albinism for muthi in schools has forced students to always isolates themselves from the Albinos'. Students claims that there are many Sangomas around South Africa who are using Albino's body parts for muthi and that scares them the most. Educators at Soshanguve Secondary School revealed that since 2014 about seven albinos reported bulling cases at school. Nomalanga Khuzwayo, an albino from Tshwane University of Technology said that her 11 year old younger brother Hlongiwe disappeared on his way back from school in the year 2015, according to his school mates who witnessed the incident, he was taken by two men at the school gate. Nobody has seen him since then, "we heard rumous saying that this two men were sent by one of the renowned local ' sangoma' because we searched everywhere but no lu