The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Westville campus is probing racial comments posted on its facebook page earlier this week, spokeswoman Nomonde Mbadi said on Friday.<\/p>\n
“All matters in this regard are currently under investigation. The university’s internal disciplinary processes will be applied,” she said.<\/p>\n
The Times reported that a facebook post on Wednesday said: “Indians will never understand us blacks because we are raced [sic] differently. We are born to kill that why tomorrow we will wipe out all the Indians on campus.<\/p>\n
“Don’t come, otherwise you will go straight to heaven.”<\/p>\n
Another posting on Friday read: “Blacks are stupid and want everything for free.”<\/p>\n
A third one called for Indians and whites to be killed.<\/p>\n
The comments have since been removed from the university’s facebook page.<\/p>\n
Mbadi said: “We are extremely disappointed that at this point in our democracy young students, who are the future leaders of our country, are engaging in racial slander on the social media network.”<\/p>\n
Students at the university protested on Monday and Tuesday because they wanted funding to be made available to over 1000 students.<\/p>\n
They also wanted the university to provide housing for more students.<\/p>\n
The students went on a rampage on Tuesday after being told about a court interdict against the protests of the past weeks.<\/p>\n
Police spokesman Colonel Vincent Mdunge said students barricaded roads with burning tyres and rocks, preventing vehicles from coming entering or leaving the institution.<\/p>\n
Four students were arrested for malicious damage to property and three students were injured.<\/p>\n
Mbadi said the protests were not about racial prejudices.<\/p>\n
“The university prides itself as a diverse institution of higher learning where different cultures are welcomed and celebrated.” – SAPA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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