The DA says various social media platforms have raised concern that white students are denied entry onto campus at the university.
) requesting an urgent investigation into the EFF Student Command’s recent attempts to bar certain students from the University of Pretoria campus., to urgently intervene regarding the seeming escalating racial tension at the institution,” said Chantel King MP, DA Shadow Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation.
“Considering various allegations surrounding racial incidents have been levelled, the university council should have intervened long before the situation escalated. “Higher education institutions should be safe spaces where differences must be dealt with in a professional and cooperative manner. These actions reverse the gains to ensure a just and equal society and must be condemned with the contempt it deserves,” she said.She concluded by saying campuses must be accessible to all students. University councils cannot remain tight-lipped when such instances occur on campuses.
“Social cohesion should be prioritised to ensure the smooth completion of the academic year, and racial prejudice and targeting on any group condemned and decidedly dealt with,” King concluded.Rassie Erasmus: Springboks delighted with flag reprieve
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