Oprah Winfrey acknowledged in a newspaper interview published today that she has made several mistakes at her elite South African school, but said she remained proud of its success.

SEVEN students have been punished for violating the code of conduct at Oprah Winfrey’s school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa.

The trial of a former matron at Oprah Winfrey’s school for poor South African girls accused of abusing six teenagers is to be held in secret, a judge ruled today.