SRC want Jewish students out
The SRC and Progressive Youth Alliance at DUT want management to deregister all Jewish students.
A MEMORANDUM of demand from the SRC and the Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) at Durban University of Technology (DUT) has shocked management.
According to vice-chancellor and principal, Professor Ahmed Bawa, on Tuesday, 10 February he received the memorandum which called for the university to deregister all Jewish students, among a list of other requests.
“On behalf of DUT, I want to reiterate that this request from these student formations is totally preposterous, unjust, unfair, unreasonable and unconstitutional. It’s in violation of our values and principles. DUT does not discriminate against any person based on their race, religion, colour, ethnicity, sexual orientation or political affiliation,” said Bawa.
He said he had made it very clear to the student leaders from the SRC and the PYA that the university did not agree to their demand for the university to deregister its Jewish students.
“DUT treasures the diversity that our students bring to it. The University, via its International Centre of Non-violence (ICON), will develop a programme of engagement between students and staff to address the issue of tolerance and social cohesion. We hope that external organisations will join us to participate in this process,” he said.
