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Thursday 12 February 2015

On A South African Campus, An Evil Call For A Special Kind Of Apartheid

Well might Cape Town author and columnist Max du Preez tweet the message at left.

Well might others share his outrage.

From the Durban University of Technology in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, comes a grotesque example of apartheid with a twist.

Reports a South African newspaper:
Jewish students at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) who supported the State of Israel should be kicked out, the Students Representative Council (SRC) has demanded. 
And this applies to students who are sponsored by the Israeli government. The demands, sent to the DUT management, have shocked and angered Jewish organisations.  
The vice-chancellor of the university, Professor Ahmed Bawa, said the demand by the SRC and the Progressive Youth Alliance that the DUT deregister all Jewish students “is totally unacceptable”. 
The Secretary of the SRC, Mqondisi Duma, said: “As the SRC, we had a meeting and analysed international politics. We took the decision that Jewish students, especially those who do not support the Palestinian struggle, should deregister.”
 On Tuesday night, Natan Pollack – the national chairman of the South African Union of Jewish Students – said the suggestion was “deplorable”. 
“To discriminate against people because of their religious and political standpoint goes against freedom of speech,” Pollack said. 
Chairwoman of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, Durban-based Mary Kluk, said she was “appalled” and said it was unacceptable such demands could be made in an academic institution.  [Emphasis added]
 More regarding the situation in South Africa here

1 comment:

  1. [sarcasm] I'm sure all the US and EU universities will react harshly to the apartheid practices of South African Universities.

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