Cabinet condemns all acts of racism

• Published date: 26 May 2022
• Publication title: South African Official News

Cabinet has strongly condemned all acts of racism in the country, including the reported incidents at the Good Hope Seminary High School and the University of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape.

This comes after the Stellenbosch University urinating incident where a white student is seen in a video degrading and humiliating a fellow black student by urinating on his study material.

The incident caused widespread anger that such acts still take place in a country with a bitter past like South Africa, a past which the country fought so hard to overcome.

'These deplorable acts go against the constitutional values on which our democratic country was founded, which include human dignity, non-racialism, non-sexism, social justice, equity and respect,' said Minister in The Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, during a post Cabinet media briefing on Thursday.

'The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa of 1996 is our guide towards eradicating the despicable divisions and injustices of the past. Parents are urged to teach children to reject racism and embrace diversity, as part of our concerted drive to promote nation-building and social cohesion.

'Let us work together to expose racism wherever it is treated as the norm and send a clear message that there is no space for it in our democratic country,' he said.

On Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa used his...