University Protests 2016

Fairly quiet today as far as I can tell... would be interested to hear if there are any developments on this, as I am planning to head to Hatfield later for a few drinks.
 
Varsity Cup to resume following violent clashes at UFS

CAPE TOWN – University rugby tournament, the Varsity Cup, will resume this coming Monday but without spectators and at neutral venues, Eyewitness News can confirm.

This comes after matches were postponed following a violent clash on the field that disrupted a game between the University of the Free State and the Nelso
n Mandela Metropolitan University just over two weeks ago.
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More at:http://ewn.co.za/2016/03/10/Varsity-Cup-to-resume-following-students-violent-clashes
 
KingBel said:
Fairly quiet today as far as I can tell... would be interested to hear if there are any developments on this, as I am planning to head to Hatfield later for a few drinks.
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Highly doubt it. They will just get the snot klapped out of them again.
It's raining out and no one wants to protest in the rain :p
 
Petrol bomb thrown into the Admin B building in Stellenbosch. :mad:

EDIT: They also tried to set a car on fire.
 
Small group of students disrupt talks between US and UCT vice chancellors

Wim Pretorius, News24

Stellenbosch – A small group of students disrupted talks between the vice chancellors of the University of Cape Town and the University of Stellenbosch at the latter’s Woordfees festival.

The students sat on the stage yelling and singing as the vice chancellors tried to continue their talks. Some of the students reportedly said that they wanted their land back.

The event, which has free entrance, is known as an Afrikaans festival but some of the students had a problem that most of those in attendance were white.

Reports from the scene indicated that Wim de Villiers, vice chancellor of Maties, left after the talks were interrupted and that students tried to block Max Price, vice chancellor of UCT, from leaving.

Didn't want to talk

Some of the topics that were discussed included the current situation at the universities as well as the violence and whether they had seen it coming. They also discussed whether they believed the situation was getting better, and agreed that it was.

According to Frieda le Roux, the festival's spokesperson, it was clear from early on that the students didn’t want to talk with the vice chancellors and a decision was made to abort the talks.

Saartjie Botha, director of the University of Stellenbosch’s Woordfees, said many discourse events were free to encourage attendance and contributions to the debates under the the assumption that they would be made in an orderly way .

“It’s a shame that the students couldn’t make constructive use of the event. It was clear from the minutes before the students entered that both De Villiers and Price were willing to talk candidly about the challenges faced at their institutions.”

News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...-between-us-and-uct-vice-chancellors-20160310
 
schumi said:
Wim Pretorius, News24

Stellenbosch – A small group of students disrupted talks between the vice chancellors of the University of Cape Town and the University of Stellenbosch at the latter’s Woordfees festival.

The students sat on the stage yelling and singing as the vice chancellors tried to continue their talks. Some of the students reportedly said that they wanted their land back.

The event, which has free entrance, is known as an Afrikaans festival but some of the students had a problem that most of those in attendance were white.

Reports from the scene indicated that Wim de Villiers, vice chancellor of Maties, left after the talks were interrupted and that students tried to block Max Price, vice chancellor of UCT, from leaving.

Didn't want to talk

Some of the topics that were discussed included the current situation at the universities as well as the violence and whether they had seen it coming. They also discussed whether they believed the situation was getting better, and agreed that it was.

According to Frieda le Roux, the festival's spokesperson, it was clear from early on that the students didn’t want to talk with the vice chancellors and a decision was made to abort the talks.

Saartjie Botha, director of the University of Stellenbosch’s Woordfees, said many discourse events were free to encourage attendance and contributions to the debates under the the assumption that they would be made in an orderly way .

“It’s a shame that the students couldn’t make constructive use of the event. It was clear from the minutes before the students entered that both De Villiers and Price were willing to talk candidly about the challenges faced at their institutions.”

News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...-between-us-and-uct-vice-chancellors-20160310
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The same Open Stellenbosch group. If you have high blood pressure problems don't watch the video of them.

https://twitter.com/greganeugenie/status/707985955442008064
 
Lynched mannequins cause race stir at Wits

Johannesburg - It left students and social media users aghast on Tuesday as they noticed two naked, black mannequins hanging from a tree on the Wits University library lawns.

Some thought it was a message from angry white students in response to January’s F*** Whites Campaign, with others unsure what it was supposed to mean, but offended.

An upset @Shimane002 tweeted that “White Racism is running amok. Black mannequin lynched at Wits, (and) Black woman called K***** in Mpumalanga,” he tweeted.

@De_Imperial angrily questioned: “Black mannequin hanging at Wits? Are we lynching blacks again?”

@PILLAY_CGLM, who was in disbelief, tweeted that “a mannequin of a black figure hanging by a noose from a tree at Wits”.

Shortly afterwards, he said: “Someone hung a black mannequin from a tree at Wits? That really happened?”

In response to questions from users and students,@WitsUniversity tweeted that the mannequins were part of a student exhibition taking place at the university “as part of the Israeli Apartheid Week programme”.
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More at:http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/lynched-mannequins-cause-race-stir-at-wits-1996814
 
It is obvious that the demand for white racists has been exceeding the supply for some time. These clown will find a racist behind each bush.
 
schumi said:
More at:http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/lynched-mannequins-cause-race-stir-at-wits-1996814
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To take notice,

Later the same day, following the uproar, the Wits Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC), responsible for the exhibit, took them down.
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https://www.facebook.com/WITSPSC/

So... will the PSC be held accountable,

The Wits PSC added that it “unconditionally apologises for the display on the library lawns depicting mannequins hanging from a tree”.

“While the intention was not to offend, we fully understand the negative impact of the display.”
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stirring the pot.

“The installation itself was intended to represent the “hanging out to dry” of the voices of Wits students. The mannequins, which just happened to be black in colour, were to be used for this purpose and this purpose alone.
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Just happened to be black... they wanted the attention.
 
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