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In an apparent racist attack, two white students at the University of the Free State allegedly drove deliberately over a black student and repeatedly beat him when he confronted them.

The attack mirrors an assault at the university in 2010 and has brought back memories of the 2008 incident at its Reitz residence in which students urinated on food and forced cleaning staff to eat it.

On Monday evening, fifth-year economics student Dumane "Muzi" Gwebu was admitted to hospital after two students attacked him as he made his way home through the university's main campus.

The assailants allegedly tried to drive over three black women students before they hit Gwebu with their bakkie as he walked on a pavement. He later confronted them at a nearby residence and was beaten.

According to the Free State chairman of the South African Students' Congress, Ntakuseni Razwiedani, Gwebu said one assailant had held him from behind while the other had repeatedly punched him.

In the 2010 attack, Pinky Mokemane was dragged alongside a car by two students while waiting on the campus for her sister.

University of Free State rector Jonathan Jansen condemned the most recent attack.

"It is sad and disappointing that, after so much progress with the social transformation of the university, such a horrific incident could have occurred.

"If found guilty in the criminal and institutional investigations, the students will not be allowed to study at the university," he said.

Jansen questioned whether the attack was, in fact, racially motivated, but said the university was investigating.

But angry students said the attack came as no surprise.

"It was only a matter of time before something like this happened. For the past two weeks, stories of so-called isolated incidents of racism have been surfacing. They have all been swept under the carpet by management," said a law student who declined to be named.

"It is clear the vision they [management] have been trying to strangle us with since Reitz is not working. Their reaction to this case is not making things any easier."

The student said that in the past two weeks four white students, labelled as bullies, had been evicted from Armentum residence for intimidating black students.

Sasco's Razwiedani said Gwebu had told him his attackers had come onto campus looking for trouble.

"The guys [suspects] drove onto campus with a mission. Three female students have come forward, reporting that the same vehicle tried swerving into them before they hit Gwebu. They called them ******s and drove off."

The president of the students' representative council, Phiwe Mathe, called for urgent improvements to campus security and an urgent investigation into the attack. "Our campus can no longer remain a space where our students are not free from danger."

The SRC demanded action within 14 days.

Said Jansen: "The university's senior leadership is outraged at this blatant act of violence. We worked with police to identify and locate the perpetrators, whose vehicle was fitted with false number plates. They were traced this morning. They were arrested for attempted murder and assault."

Police spokesman Captain Chaka Marope said the suspects would appear in court today.

"More charges could be added at a later stage."

Also on Monday, a Muslim scholar-teacher was kidnapped and violently attacked in Cape Town by white men who called him "al-Qaeda". Three white men pulled the 20-year-old Muslim scholar into a van as he left a Lotus River mosque and assaulted him.

The attack has prompted the Lotus River Islamic Educational Society to urge its scholars and teachers to be on the alert.

Its executive committee said: "We implore all our parents to make proper transport arrangements to and from all our various Islamic learning centres. We call on our community to be vigilant and report any suspicious behaviour."

Binyameen Ismail, chairman of the society, said the men had flung "religious and racial slurs" at the scholar-teacher, who was wearing Islamic attire, including a turban.

When he had ignored them, they had thrown a glass bottle at him. One man had jumped out of the van and started assaulting him.

Trying to defend himself he noticed one of the men was armed, and he was forced into the vehicle. They continued to beat him in the ribs, face and stomach, Ismail said.
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Was waiting for this to pop up. Amazing how white racism makes front page news (The Times), while black racism only makes page 4. Both groups want the same thing: To be left alone to amongst their own people. When whites ask to be left alone, the PC police cries racism and quotes the forced integration clauses in the constitution, when blacks ask, the police move in and remove the offending group.

Not that I condone what these two did; they must face the courts, but how much more of this needs to happen before government and the lefty liberals realise that the easiest solution is to allow segregation. If someone wants to start a whites only university, and they've got customers, let them! Why must black "culture" be forced down our throats wherever we go!
 
Drunkard #1 said:
Was waiting for this to pop up. Amazing how white racism makes front page news (The Times), while black racism only makes page 4. Both groups want the same thing: To be left alone to amongst their own people. When whites ask to be left alone, the PC police cries racism and quotes the forced integration clauses in the constitution, when blacks ask, the police move in and remove the offending group.

Not that I condone what these two did; they must face the courts, but how much more of this needs to happen before government and the lefty liberals realise that the easiest solution is to allow segregation. If someone wants to start a whites only university, and they've got customers, let them! Why must black "culture" be forced down our throats wherever we go!
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Tsamina mina, eh eh
Waka waka, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa
 
Drunkard #1 said:
Was waiting for this to pop up. Amazing how white racism makes front page news (The Times), while black racism only makes page 4. Both groups want the same thing: To be left alone to amongst their own people. When whites ask to be left alone, the PC police cries racism and quotes the forced integration clauses in the constitution, when blacks ask, the police move in and remove the offending group.

Not that I condone what these two did; they must face the courts, but how much more of this needs to happen before government and the lefty liberals realise that the easiest solution is to allow segregation. If someone wants to start a whites only university, and they've got customers, let them! Why must black "culture" be forced down our throats wherever we go!
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You lost when you mentioned 'lefty liberals' and xenophobia is not the same as racism. They are both forms of discrimination but it's like saying a banana is exactly the same as a orange because they're both fruits.
 
And you're also implying that by 'being left alone' it's acceptable for whites to harm blacks which as a white person, I'm offended by.
 
Fudzy said:
And you're also implying that by 'being left alone' it's acceptable for whites to harm blacks which as a white person, I'm offended by.
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The black guy didn't listen and tried to encroach onto their space so they had to show him they meant business.
 
Drunkard #1 said:
Was waiting for this to pop up. Amazing how white racism makes front page news (The Times), while black racism only makes page 4. Both groups want the same thing: To be left alone to amongst their own people. When whites ask to be left alone, the PC police cries racism and quotes the forced integration clauses in the constitution, when blacks ask, the police move in and remove the offending group.

Not that I condone what these two did; they must face the courts, but how much more of this needs to happen before government and the lefty liberals realise that the easiest solution is to allow segregation. If someone wants to start a whites only university, and they've got customers, let them! Why must black "culture" be forced down our throats wherever we go!
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i do not want to be left among my "own people", race isn't a criteria for me
 
Fudzy said:
And you're also implying that by 'being left alone' it's acceptable for whites to harm blacks which as a white person, I'm offended by.
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No, that's why I said "Not that I condone what these two did".

STS said:
i do not want to be left among my "own people", race isn't a criteria for me
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Well good for you. Here's a noddy badge. I am not unique, if that's what you're implying.
 
STS said:
i do not want to be left among my "own people", race isn't a criteria for me
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Although I would appreciate it if they can put all the narrow minded folk in their own corner.
 
Drunkard #1 said:
So would us narrow minded folk.
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You would unfortunately find yourself among fellow racists of all races in that little corner of yours. There's not that many corners so they'd have to mix you. On the plus it would solve a couple problems.
 
Drunkard #1 said:
So would us narrow minded folk.
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Have you ever been to another country where the community is fully integrated? Its totally different to SA we still have a long way to go and segregation is not the answer. Neither is forced integration.
 
Fudzy said:
But then how can you use this as motivation for segregation?
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If integration leads to violence and very few positive outcomes, why is it being forced down our throats? Segregation leads to less xenophobia and all sorts of positive outcomes, and yet it's illegal. Homogeneous societies perform best. Always have, always will. Except Africa, which is why we've got forced integration here.
 
R13... said:
You would unfortunately find yourself among fellow racists of all races in that little corner of yours. There's not that many corners so they'd have to mix you. On the plus it would solve a couple problems.
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Us conservatives have most of the guns, and there are a ****load of us, so we'll expand that corner quickly enough, and boot out who we don't like.
 
Drunkard #1 said:
Was waiting for this to pop up. Amazing how white racism makes front page news (The Times), while black racism only makes page 4. Both groups want the same thing: To be left alone to amongst their own people. When whites ask to be left alone, the PC police cries racism and quotes the forced integration clauses in the constitution, when blacks ask, the police move in and remove the offending group.

Not that I condone what these two did; they must face the courts, but how much more of this needs to happen before government and the lefty liberals realise that the easiest solution is to allow segregation. If someone wants to start a whites only university, and they've got customers, let them! Why must black "culture" be forced down our throats wherever we go!
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Well then maybe the white racists should have left them alone as you recommend instead of driving onto campus to specifically harass and assault people. That's not how you go about wanting to be left alone
 
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