bombshell hit the University of the Free State (UFS) on Tuesday when a video was distributed showing five black cleaners at a traditionally white men’s residence on the campus being “initiated”.
Amid loud laughter, they are shown taking part in races, downing beers and drinking a mixture in which a student had secretly urinated.
Hundreds of furious black students gathered on the lawn next to the campus library on Tuesday afternoon, demanding an explanation and singing protest songs.
Student leaders managed to persuade them to delay a protest march until Wednesday morning.
Screaming students condemned the scenes on the video and waved placards with messages such as “Enough is enough”.
Speaking to Volksblad at the spontaneous campus protest, a student said: “We’re furious. The problems at the campus have now escalated, and become a full-blown human-rights issue.”
The video was apparently recorded by students at the Reitz men’s residence last September.
Given mixture to drink
The narration on the video begins: “Once upon a time the ‘boere’ lived peacefully here on Reitz Island, until one day when the less-advantaged discovered the word ‘integration’ in the dictionary.”
The cleaners take part in a “boat race” (a beer-downing competition), a dance, a sprint race, a mock rugby practice and finally, they’re given a mixture to drink.
The video shows garlic being put into a dish full of what looks like dog food.
“We know they’re less privileged so we’re adding a bit of meat,” says the narrator.
Another student puts the bowl on the toilet and urinates into the mixture.
The brew is then distributed in plastic glasses to the cleaners.
All five of them spit out the first mouthful, but try to finish it amid loud encouragement from the students.
The video ends with the words: “That, at the end of the day, is what we think of integration.”
This is followed by one of the students asking a cleaner: “What does ’sefebe’ mean in Afrikaans?”
“A black whore,” she replies.
This is just a Sad reality which shows that South africa is among if not the most racist country of the world!!!
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