AlfredNeumann

A reminder of just some of the things that have happened at UCT over the past decade:   1. Rhodes Must Fall protesters chanting “One settler, one bullet” on campus. 2. An activist wearing a “Kill All Whites” T-shirt in a university dining hall. 3. White students, and reportedly coloured and Indian students, being ordered out of residence dining halls because of their race. 4. “Fuck White People” graffiti appearing on campus during the Fallist protests. 5. UCT's own Institute for Creative Arts promoting the artist behind the FuckWhitePeople artwork. 6. Protesters burning historical paintings, including works commemorating the anti-apartheid struggle. 7. The petrol-bombing of the vice-chancellor's office. 8. The burning of a Jammie Shuttle bus and university research vehicle. 9. Students and lecturers facing threats, intimidation and disruption during the Fees Must Fall protests. 10. Internationally respected Professor Bongani Mayosi suffering abuse during the protests. He died by suicide in 2018. 11. Students arguing that modern science should be discarded and rebuilt during the notorious #ScienceMustFall discussion. 12. UCT's former vice-chancellor, Mamokgethi Phakeng, being implicated in an independent investigation that found she used racial divisions, intimidation, ethnic slurs and racially offensive social media posts against colleagues. 13. The same investigation finding serious governance failures involving Phakeng and former Council chair Babalwa Ngonyama. 14. UCT law professor Pierre de Vos becoming the subject of a criminal complaint after child sexual abuse material was shared through his Twitter account. 15. Representatives of internationally designated terrorist organisations (Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad) addressing a campus event remotely in March 2023. 16. A representative of an internationally designated terrorist organisation (Hezbollah) addressing another campus event later that year. 17. Flags of internationally designated terrorist organisations (Hamas and Hezbollah) being displayed at student events. 18. Jewish students reporting verbal abuse, intimidation and harassment while displaying posters of Israeli hostages. 19. Jewish students reporting being told to “go back to Europe”. 20. Representatives of Hezbollah and the Houthis participating remotely in another campus event in 2024.   Such a wonderfully welcoming, safe, tolerant and non-discriminatory environment for students, academics and staff.   How dare @AdvOppenheimer speak out against hate? And @DavidAnsara had the audacity to share a post praising him for it!   Horrible people who deserve to be punished, obviously.

Credit where credit is due. The ANC’s new election ad is actually brilliant.