The University of Pretoria has suspended two students after
a video surfaced online showing them using the K-word in a conversation in
which one claimed that a black person had stolen her phone.
Rikus Deport‚ spokesperson for the university‚ said that
the duo was suspended on Friday.
“This is pending a disciplinary hearing‚” Deport said. The
Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) has also withdrawn its bursary
sponsorship for one of students depicted in the derogatory video that was
shared on social media on Friday morning.
The video is said to have landed in the wrong hands when
one of the students intended to send it to her friend but mistakenly sent it to
a WhatsAap group titled “physiotherapy”.
In the video‚ one woman can be heard saying "A f***ing
k****r stole my phone" while laughing.
The other one responds by saying: "Did you hear that?
A f***ing k****r stole her phone." The first one then replies and says:
"I am so f****ng dumb‚ f****ng k*****s."
Following the insults‚ one of them suggests that the video
must not be played in front of “Zamani” and laughs.
Screenshots of what appear to be the conversation after the
video was mistakenly sent to the group shows the woman apologising for the video.
In its statement‚ the Ramaphosa Trust distanced itself from
the racist‚ offensive and derogatory comments made by the two students.
“CRF and CRET condemn the abhorrent behaviour displayed in
the video and has rescinded the student’s bursary with immediate effect. The
CRET bursary programme has prided itself on its non-racial‚ non-discriminatory
programme that supports disadvantaged students across all races.
“We are devastated to learn that one of our family members
has disappointed us to such a degree when South African needs to be embracing
its diversity‚” said the statement.
The Trust vowed to support any action taken against the
student‚ “pending the outcome of a disciplinary inquiry by the University of
Pretoria”.
So vele guys in 2017. Tuks student mistakenly posted this to her pyshiotherapy group instead of her friend. LOL pic.twitter.com/3QUrlE1sT0— s. (@Sisanda_Kheswa) October 26, 2017
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