The Unisa statement on racism, racial discrimination and all forms of intolerance

Abstract

South Africa’s higher education sector has been engulfed in accusations, claims and counter-claims about the prevalence, or otherwise, of racism and racial intolerance on campuses across the nation. The wake-up call was the by now well publicized outrage at the Reitz Hostel of the University of Free State. Appropriately, this is prompting a deep and necessary self examination by the higher education sector. No one can afford to be smug and self-righteous about a phenomenon which our country has singularly neglected to address for far too long.