Stellenbosch University is expected to brief Parliament’s Higher Education and Training portfolio committee on Tuesday on progress in implementing its transformation plan and language policy. This follows the release of a documentary entitled Luister (Listen), in which students tell of anti-black racism on and off campus. Minister of Higher Education[…]
While the issues motivating student organisation Open Stellenbosch are valid, newly-elected Stellenbosch University SRC chairperson Axolile Qina disagrees with the way in which the group highlights its grievances. Open Stellenbosch describes itself on its Facebook page as a “collective of students and staff working to purge the oppressive remnants of[…]
A documentary recounting incidents of racism faced by black students at Stellenbosch University is garnering much attention, prompting Minister of Higher Education, Blade Nzimande to call on the university to provide answers on the allegations. Luister (Listen), a 30-minute documentary created by a group called Open Stellenbosch, provides first-hand accounts[…]
Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande wants answers from the University of Stellenbosch after watching the documentary #Luister (Listen), in which students tell of anti-black racism on and off campus. “The Minister has closely studied the documentary and written a letter to the Chairperson of Council, Mr [George] Steyn, requesting[…]
Complaints of inequality and discrimination continued to spike in the country, the SA Human Rights Commission said on Thursday. This was revealed during a press briefing at the SAHRC offices in Johannesburg. Most complaints were received in Gauteng and the Western Cape, said Dr Khulekani Moyo, who headed the SAHRC’s[…]
Calling the separation of white and black school children on a Curro Foundation School outing “racist” was itself racist and the abuse of innocent children, Afriforum Youth said on Thursday. This was after a video by a father at the school appeared to show white and black school children at[…]
As South Africa marks Youth Day on Tuesday 16th June, several Muslim organisations will provide a platform for community voices to speak out against xenophobia and racism at a conference at Islamia College. The conference is entitled A Special Forum on Personal Experiences and Reflections on Racism and Xenophobia in[…]
OPINION by Iqbal Jassat As much as it may be argued that major global media outlets share a bias in favour of Israel, current trends reveal a gradual shift in this position. Amongst the large corporate media that has a worldwide footprint, it was unthinkable that Israel would ever receive[…]
A “pressure cooker of inequality” is leading to weaker racial relations and government needs to create policy to turn this around, the Institute of Race Relations says. Mienke Steytler, the head of media and public affairs of the Institute for Race Relations, said there seemed to be an increase in[…]
OPINION by Andriques Che Petersen – Less than twenty four hours ago, I said the University of Cape Town is sending off smoke signals indicating a deep blaze of white privilege brewing underneath. But today I’d like to say that we’re all hiding from that ever burning fire. When we[…]
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