The US celebrity told students they can contact her directly
Parents of schoolgirls at Oprah Winfrey's private academy in South Africa say they do not blame the US TV talk-show host for alleged abuse.
Police from Gauteng's child protection unit are investigating allegations of sexual and physical abuse by a matron.
Ms Winfrey has visited the school at Henley-on-Klip near Vereeniging at least twice in the past few weeks.
The school has suspended the principal and two matrons and has offered counselling to its 150 boarders.
One girl at the school complained she had been fondled while others reported being sworn at, grabbed by the neck, beaten or thrown against a wall.
The girls said they had told the principal, Dr Mzimane, but she had failed to act.
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