After a long work to freedom there is still Racism and Homophobia



University of stellenbosch

 The university of Stellenbosch has a serious problem.Many South Africans died so that we can live a freedom life but at Stellenbosch blacks still  experience racism.The gays and the lesbians are also been harassed for what they are or chose to become.If this is happening at the university level  it shows that south Africa still has serious problem

Daniel Mikes, a lecturer in the department of earth sciences, said he had many students come to him over the past three years with stories about discrimination on campus.
"I feel I should be able to send them down the right channel, but I don't know where to send them. “Sensitivity." Racism and homophobia
Yet, there have undoubtedly been incidents of racism and homophobia.
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• After a black student was allegedly attacked by a group of white students two years ago, Mikes and some colleagues started a forum called "Just talk", that aimed to address, among other problems, racial discrimination through open and honest conversation. The initiative eventually fell apart after conflict arose between the different race groups that were part of the forum

• A lesbian resident of Stellenbosch said students abused her during a night out with her coloured girlfriend about a month ago. "We are used to guys commenting and saying derogatory things, but this night the guys were getting pushy and the comments became racist," she said.

Llewelynn Macmaster,dean of the stundent
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The university's dean of students, Llewelynn Macmaster, said: "We are committed to transformation. We are not saying we have arrived, we are not completely transformed, we are struggling in some areas more than others, but I have seen enough already to be positive about Stellenbosch University."

The chairperson of the university's sexual harassment advisory committee, Amanda Gouws, told the M&G that a foreign student was physically assaulted by three white young men in a "race-based attack" last month.

For the sake of our sisters and brothers who studies at stellenbosch the matter should be resolved so the that they can  have free and fair treatment at the university.