Obviously the context is that she attacked him with her breasts and he was defending himself.
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Obviously the context is that she attacked him with her breasts and he was defending himself.
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Yeah, that's good, but then what?
because that in probably in the mindset of a few here is not as good as breaking down, burning stuff, invading, assaulting, jumping like hooligans on tables...
konfab
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Maybe try and show the fools that wants to slash and burn that there is a more civilized way of acting at an institution of higher learning.
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The UP branch of the EFFSC has posted instructions on how to make a petrol bomb:
https://twitter.com/EFFSCUP/status/702954272137351168
https://twitter.com/EFFSCUP/status/702954272137351168
Jola
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The police need to do something about this, this is inciting crime and violence, even murder.
Will somebody take a screenshot and then report it to Twitter.
GoneWithTheWindows
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I hope we hear of an increase in burn victims from botched petrol bombs. These people aren't exactly bright, so we can hope.
Jola
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This must be how they set fire to the buildings at NWU.
Should charge people with attempted sabotage/murder when found in possession of one of these and put them away for 15 years.
Only way to stop this.
And shoot to kill when caught in the act of throwing them at buildings or people.
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Enough is enough – De la Rey
Karabo Ngoepe, News24
Pretoria – The University of Pretoria will adopt a zero tolerance to violence and crime when the institution opens its doors next week, its vice chancellor, Professor Cheryl de la Rey, said.
“Given what happened, we have taken additional security measures and we have taken time to work with the South African Police Service and we are saying enough is enough,” she said.
“We commit to peaceful engagements but we cannot have disruptions to the academic programme. We cannot have intimidations, we cannot have threats levelled to students, staff and anyone else who want to be part of this.”
Students at the university have been protesting over its language policy. At least 27 people were arrested last week Friday for public violence and they appeared in court on Monday. Charges against three of them were dropped, leaving only 24 students to stand trial. Their case was postponed to April 7. The university has been closed due to the ongoing student protests and violence.
Zero tolerance
De la Rey said she had been meeting with different structures at the institution to find an amicable solution to issues raised and to ensure that the academic programme could return to normal. But she vowed that the institution would use its authority to deal with troublemakers.
“We will employ an approach of zero tolerance. That means we will use all our internal procedures as relevant. If an act is a crime, we are going to treat it as a crime. We have internal process for transgressions of our code of conduct but if something is a crime, it must be dealt with as a crime,” she said.
De la Rey added that the safety of students and staff was of paramount importance and they would not compromise on it. Additional security would be brought in. She also mentioned that plans would be communicated to students on what would be done to catch up missed classes.
“We’ve had to revise the academic timetable to ensure our students are not disadvantaged educationally by the disruptions of this week,” she said.
De la Rey called on students to desist from vandalising and damaging property. She said university buildings were public property and destroying them added pressure on backlog of maintenance work that still had to be carried out.
The comments come after the burning of the science building at the North West University during a student protest on Wednesday.
"We know we have a backlog of maintenance of buildings at universities especially at old universities like this one where we are trying to modernise and upgrade," she said.
"We have student accommodation that dates back 100 years. That requires maintenance and we need to build new ones. Now we are sitting with a situation where we are destroying public property and that has to be paid for. This is alarming."
News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/enough-is-enough-de-la-rey-20160226
Karabo Ngoepe, News24
Pretoria – The University of Pretoria will adopt a zero tolerance to violence and crime when the institution opens its doors next week, its vice chancellor, Professor Cheryl de la Rey, said.
“Given what happened, we have taken additional security measures and we have taken time to work with the South African Police Service and we are saying enough is enough,” she said.
“We commit to peaceful engagements but we cannot have disruptions to the academic programme. We cannot have intimidations, we cannot have threats levelled to students, staff and anyone else who want to be part of this.”
Students at the university have been protesting over its language policy. At least 27 people were arrested last week Friday for public violence and they appeared in court on Monday. Charges against three of them were dropped, leaving only 24 students to stand trial. Their case was postponed to April 7. The university has been closed due to the ongoing student protests and violence.
Zero tolerance
De la Rey said she had been meeting with different structures at the institution to find an amicable solution to issues raised and to ensure that the academic programme could return to normal. But she vowed that the institution would use its authority to deal with troublemakers.
“We will employ an approach of zero tolerance. That means we will use all our internal procedures as relevant. If an act is a crime, we are going to treat it as a crime. We have internal process for transgressions of our code of conduct but if something is a crime, it must be dealt with as a crime,” she said.
De la Rey added that the safety of students and staff was of paramount importance and they would not compromise on it. Additional security would be brought in. She also mentioned that plans would be communicated to students on what would be done to catch up missed classes.
“We’ve had to revise the academic timetable to ensure our students are not disadvantaged educationally by the disruptions of this week,” she said.
De la Rey called on students to desist from vandalising and damaging property. She said university buildings were public property and destroying them added pressure on backlog of maintenance work that still had to be carried out.
The comments come after the burning of the science building at the North West University during a student protest on Wednesday.
"We know we have a backlog of maintenance of buildings at universities especially at old universities like this one where we are trying to modernise and upgrade," she said.
"We have student accommodation that dates back 100 years. That requires maintenance and we need to build new ones. Now we are sitting with a situation where we are destroying public property and that has to be paid for. This is alarming."
News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/enough-is-enough-de-la-rey-20160226
UP campus can’t open without an agreement - EFF
Karabo Ngoepe, News24
Pretoria – The Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command at the University of Pretoria says classes at the institution cannot resume without an agreement being reached with management.
“Campus can’t open when there is no agreement,” said chairperson, Kabelo Mahlobogwane.
He said they had a meeting with the vice chancellor, Professor Cheryl de la Rey, but they could not reach an agreement. Mahlobogwane said the university had still not accepted their memorandum and they want to discuss that first before returning to class.
“We don’t want to go back to Tukkies, we want to go back to the University of Pretoria. It must be transformed first. We will wait for the university to give us a date on when we are going to start engaging on the memorandum,” he said.
Peaceful engagements
Mahlobogwane said they would afford the university an opportunity to engage with them on Friday and meet with students on Monday to get a mandate on the way forward.
"It is clear that we will not go back to an un-transformed institution," he said.
De la Rey said the institution would resume activities on Monday. She said extra security would be brought in and they would also be working with the South African Police Service to restore order.
She said they would adopt a zero tolerance to violence and crime when the institution opened its doors next week.
“Given what happened, we have taken additional security measures and we have taken time to work with the South African Police Service and we are saying enough is enough.
"We commit to peaceful engagements but we cannot have disruptions to the academic programme. We cannot have intimidations; we cannot have threats levelled to students, staff and anyone else who want to be part of this,” she said.
Zero tolerance for troublemakers
Students at the university have been protesting over its language policy. At least 27 people were arrested last week Friday for public violence and they appeared in court on Monday.
Charges against three of them were dropped, leaving only 24 students to stand trial. Their case was postponed to April 7. The university has been closed due to the ongoing student protests and violence.
De la Rey said she had been meeting with different structures at the institution to find an amicable solution to issues raised and to ensure that the academic programme could return to normal. But she vowed to that the institution would use its authority to deal with troublemakers.
“We will employ an approach of zero tolerance. That means we will use all our internal procedures as relevant," she said. "If an act is a crime, we are going to treat it as a crime. We have internal process for transgressions of our code of conduct but if something is a crime, it must be dealt with as a crime."
News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/up-campus-cant-open-without-an-agreement-eff-20160226
Karabo Ngoepe, News24
Pretoria – The Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command at the University of Pretoria says classes at the institution cannot resume without an agreement being reached with management.
“Campus can’t open when there is no agreement,” said chairperson, Kabelo Mahlobogwane.
He said they had a meeting with the vice chancellor, Professor Cheryl de la Rey, but they could not reach an agreement. Mahlobogwane said the university had still not accepted their memorandum and they want to discuss that first before returning to class.
“We don’t want to go back to Tukkies, we want to go back to the University of Pretoria. It must be transformed first. We will wait for the university to give us a date on when we are going to start engaging on the memorandum,” he said.
Peaceful engagements
Mahlobogwane said they would afford the university an opportunity to engage with them on Friday and meet with students on Monday to get a mandate on the way forward.
"It is clear that we will not go back to an un-transformed institution," he said.
De la Rey said the institution would resume activities on Monday. She said extra security would be brought in and they would also be working with the South African Police Service to restore order.
She said they would adopt a zero tolerance to violence and crime when the institution opened its doors next week.
“Given what happened, we have taken additional security measures and we have taken time to work with the South African Police Service and we are saying enough is enough.
"We commit to peaceful engagements but we cannot have disruptions to the academic programme. We cannot have intimidations; we cannot have threats levelled to students, staff and anyone else who want to be part of this,” she said.
Zero tolerance for troublemakers
Students at the university have been protesting over its language policy. At least 27 people were arrested last week Friday for public violence and they appeared in court on Monday.
Charges against three of them were dropped, leaving only 24 students to stand trial. Their case was postponed to April 7. The university has been closed due to the ongoing student protests and violence.
De la Rey said she had been meeting with different structures at the institution to find an amicable solution to issues raised and to ensure that the academic programme could return to normal. But she vowed to that the institution would use its authority to deal with troublemakers.
“We will employ an approach of zero tolerance. That means we will use all our internal procedures as relevant," she said. "If an act is a crime, we are going to treat it as a crime. We have internal process for transgressions of our code of conduct but if something is a crime, it must be dealt with as a crime."
News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/up-campus-cant-open-without-an-agreement-eff-20160226
GoneWithTheWindows
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Expel the lot of them. Nothing but filthy savages!
NarrowBandFtw
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who'd bet against De La Rey being singled out as a symbol of colonial racism as she's obviously descended from Generaal Koos de la Rey? 
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who'd bet against De La Rey being singled out as a symbol of colonial racism as she's obviously descended from Generaal Koos de la Rey?
I was about to say that person can pack their bags come Monday they "demand" her to vacate her post because of evil history
daveza
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Somebody died and made this fool the boss ?
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who'd bet against De La Rey being singled out as a symbol of colonial racism as she's obviously descended from Generaal Koos de la Rey?
You're sure that's not meant to be Lana Del Rey?
Afrikaans mustn't fall, sePedi must rise - Afriforum
Mpho Raborife, News24
Johannesburg - Afriforum has called on South Africans to promote multilingualism at higher education institutions, rather than asking for Afrikaans to be scrapped.
The civil organisation's deputy CEO Cornelius van Rensburg made the statement on Sunday afternoon at a media briefing in Pretoria.
Afriforum and trade union Solidarity had met with leaders of the African National Congress in and its alliance partners in Pretoria, to discuss the state of higher education institutions in Gauteng, specifically at the University of Pretoria (UP).
"At the University of Pretoria Afrikaans mustn't fall, sePedi must rise and you will find us at the forefront of that struggle to achieve that. We are committed to that," Van Rensburg told reporters.
Groups of students at the university have clashed over opposing viewpoints on the university's language policy with the Economic Freedom Fighters' Student Command (EFF SC) body saying it would not let the university open again until things had changed.
Black students also complained that the environment is racist for them.
On 20 February the university said its management had scheduled a series of meetings with student representative bodies on 18 and 19 February to provide feedback on the language policy task team report and the proposed amendments to the language policy.
It proposed that English be the primary language of instruction in all lectures, that it promote multilingualism to build social cohesion and that Afrikaans and Sepedi be used as additional support to students in tutorials, practicals and discussions, but the meeting was postponed.
Twenty seven people were arrested for public violence the week before last.
Charges against three were dropped and 24 were expected to stand trial. Their case was postponed to April 7, but the university had remained closed.
Vice Chancellor Cheryl de la Rey has vowed to clamp down on violent protests with the help of police.
On Sunday, Van Rensburg said according to Afriforum Youth members, those causing disruptions on campus were members of the EFF SC.
"It has been the view of the Afrikaans students, that it's not black students that have been attacking them in class, it's been EFF students.
"It's their view that this is not a racial issue, it's a political one."
The EFF SC was not part of the multi-party meeting, however they had been invited, Van Rensburg said.
He said all those present at the talks agreed that they wanted peace restored on campuses and that the UP should reopen its doors on Monday.
"You can't communicate by throwing people with rocks, you come with an argument."
Van Rensburg said the Afrikaner community was well aware of the sensitivity around the issue of having Afrikaans as a language of instruction in the education sector.
"It's important for us... especially when you touch on the language issue, to think of 1976, and I can promise you that Afrikaners are sensitive towards the issues of 1976.
"We do not take it lightly when 1976 is mentioned... we should learn from the mistakes of 1976 and not repeat them in new ways."
He said preventing someone from learning in their indigenous language was denying them a basic human right.
"They are treating you as if you are not human, and we cannot have that in a democracy."
News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/afrikaans-mustnt-fall-sepedi-must-rise-afriforum-20160228
Mpho Raborife, News24
Johannesburg - Afriforum has called on South Africans to promote multilingualism at higher education institutions, rather than asking for Afrikaans to be scrapped.
The civil organisation's deputy CEO Cornelius van Rensburg made the statement on Sunday afternoon at a media briefing in Pretoria.
Afriforum and trade union Solidarity had met with leaders of the African National Congress in and its alliance partners in Pretoria, to discuss the state of higher education institutions in Gauteng, specifically at the University of Pretoria (UP).
"At the University of Pretoria Afrikaans mustn't fall, sePedi must rise and you will find us at the forefront of that struggle to achieve that. We are committed to that," Van Rensburg told reporters.
Groups of students at the university have clashed over opposing viewpoints on the university's language policy with the Economic Freedom Fighters' Student Command (EFF SC) body saying it would not let the university open again until things had changed.
Black students also complained that the environment is racist for them.
On 20 February the university said its management had scheduled a series of meetings with student representative bodies on 18 and 19 February to provide feedback on the language policy task team report and the proposed amendments to the language policy.
It proposed that English be the primary language of instruction in all lectures, that it promote multilingualism to build social cohesion and that Afrikaans and Sepedi be used as additional support to students in tutorials, practicals and discussions, but the meeting was postponed.
Twenty seven people were arrested for public violence the week before last.
Charges against three were dropped and 24 were expected to stand trial. Their case was postponed to April 7, but the university had remained closed.
Vice Chancellor Cheryl de la Rey has vowed to clamp down on violent protests with the help of police.
On Sunday, Van Rensburg said according to Afriforum Youth members, those causing disruptions on campus were members of the EFF SC.
"It has been the view of the Afrikaans students, that it's not black students that have been attacking them in class, it's been EFF students.
"It's their view that this is not a racial issue, it's a political one."
The EFF SC was not part of the multi-party meeting, however they had been invited, Van Rensburg said.
He said all those present at the talks agreed that they wanted peace restored on campuses and that the UP should reopen its doors on Monday.
"You can't communicate by throwing people with rocks, you come with an argument."
Van Rensburg said the Afrikaner community was well aware of the sensitivity around the issue of having Afrikaans as a language of instruction in the education sector.
"It's important for us... especially when you touch on the language issue, to think of 1976, and I can promise you that Afrikaners are sensitive towards the issues of 1976.
"We do not take it lightly when 1976 is mentioned... we should learn from the mistakes of 1976 and not repeat them in new ways."
He said preventing someone from learning in their indigenous language was denying them a basic human right.
"They are treating you as if you are not human, and we cannot have that in a democracy."
News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/afrikaans-mustnt-fall-sepedi-must-rise-afriforum-20160228