'Racism still a feature of everyday life in SA': Ramaphosa speaks out on Stellenbosch saga

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President Cyril Ramaphosa says the recent racist incident at a Stellenbosch University residence must be used to confront racial inequality which continues to haunt the country 28 years into democracy.

Ramaphosa lauded thousands of young South Africans for holding protests against what he called a deep and pervasive problem in society. He quoted a fourth-year student leader at the institution, Kwenzokuhle Khumalo, as saying, “You’ve met the wrong generation this time.”

“They are challenging society to grapple with racism, its causes and its effects. As Ms Khumalo rightly said, it is not black people who are the problem and need attention, but those people who still hold on to ideas of white superiority. Referring to a 2016 judgment in a case involving a SA Revenue Service employee who was fired for using the k-word at work, Ramaphosa quoted former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng as saying, “there are many bridges yet to be crossed in our journey from crude and legalised racism to a new order where social cohesion, equality and the effortless observance of the right to dignity is a practical reality”.

“We need to understand what kind of institutional cultures contribute to racism in the workplace, in social organisations and in communities.

 

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I totally hate racism, but the boy was clearly drunk. How is this already, without facts, a racist incident?

Racist, because it is a white person involved. If all whites are perceived to be racists is it a fair assumption that all blacks are thieving rapists?

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Racism exists between all sorts of peoples that look similar, Japanese and Chinese, Indians and Pakistanis, Germans and Jews, Dudula and those that cant say elbow. Not only white on black, now we have the biblical splinter in the eye and the log

What racist incident is he talking about

Especially with B.E.E

What is BBBEE Is it a new abreviation for Job Creation .?

Shrek suffers from logorrhoea

The ANC is far worse thn racism in SA

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