Who is this? Well, it’s the Student Council member for student finances at the University of Pretoria (UP), Luvuyo Menziwa.
But the trade union Solidarity is on his case. They have nou called for Menziwa’s suspension and that the university charge him criminally.
This follows Menziwa’s comments on Facebook that he wanted to kill white people with a bazooka or an AK-47. He also provided reasons which included “white privilege, white dominance, white arrogance, white monopoly capital and white superiority”.
After giving the reasons, he wrote: “F**K WHITE PEOPLE!”
According to Jahni Cowley, Solidarity organiser on the UP campus, these kinds of statements should not be taken lightly. “Our members cannot be expected to turn op for work while a self-confessed murderous student is roaming free on campus. We’ll do all we can to protect our members in the workplace, even if it means that they do not go to work until Menziwa has been suspended,” Cowley said.
Anna-Retha Bouwer, public relations officer of the University of Pretoria, said this morning that the issue is being investigated and that the university does not tolerate hate speech.
“It is tragic that one student is threatening the racial harmony that many people are trying to promote,” Cowley said.
