Parents have accused Oprah Winfrey’s elite school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa of being too strict.

Oprah Winfrey headed a celebrity line-up that included Tina Turner and Spike Lee at today’s opening of the talk-show queen’s new school for poor South African girls.

US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey opened a world-class school for poor but talented South African girls today, fulfilling a long-cherished dream and a promise to her hero, Nelson Mandela.

US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is due to open her long-awaited school tomorrow, fulfilling a promise she made to former president Nelson Mandela six years ago and giving more than 150 poor South African girls a chance for a better future.