DA students report EFF counterparts to Human Rights Commission
“This is clear discrimination against white students and minority groups in South Africa and this is a clear violation of their basic rights human rights”.
The DA has entered the fray alongside those seeking to ensure the EFF student command is no longer authorised to organise at the University of Pretoria.
🚨 [MUST WATCH] We are calling for the Human Rights Commission to ensure that the EFF is deregistered as a political party, for their clear Human Rights Abuse.
DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Community Safety, Crezane Bosch MPL, speaks on the DA's action step following Tuks violence. pic.twitter.com/Drv81oy0fS
— DA Gauteng (@DAGauteng) September 28, 2023
DA Gauteng shadow MEC of community safety Crezane Bosch together with the DA student organisation (Daso) recently reported the EFF to the South African Human Rights Commission for “preventing other students from accessing the university”.
“This is clear discrimination against white students and minority groups in South Africa and this is a clear violation of their basic human rights. What makes it worse is this is a public institution, a place of safety where students should be able to learn without feeling frightened or intimidated,” Bosch said.
She said the EFF had contravened the code of conduct for councillors adding that her organisation would open a case against each and every EFF councillor.
“We will write to the speaker of Tshwane and the Cogta MEC to call for the suspension of Tshwane EFF chairperson Obakeng Ramabodu as a councillor.”
Daso federal leader Liam Jacobs confirmed the organisation had opened a case against the EFF.
He said Daso will not stand for racism and discrimination meted out against any student regardless of colour and creed.
“We are going to continue to fight for the rights of students. So many students came to me in the past few days, saying that they don’t feel safe on campus anymore, citing issues of discrimination.
We as Daso are saying that this can no longer continue… thus we take this stand to fight for every student across South Africa,” said Jacobs.
(1/2)
Officially laid a complaint against the EFF, EFFSC, and regional chairperson Obakeng Ramabodu at the SA Human Rights Commission.
Calling for:
1. Deregistration of the EFF as a party for human rights violations.
2. Compensation and trauma counselling for victims. pic.twitter.com/4ojnmvvGBE— Liam Jacobs (@KarooDonkieZA) September 28, 2023
He said his organisation was serious about defending human rights, adding that it would stop at nothing to protect the rights of every student.
He said no student should feel unsafe in their own body on their own campus.
AfriForum youth spokesperson Rene Van Der Vyver told Rekord that her organisation believed that it was good that pressure was being applied on the university from different spheres of society.
“The university management should act swiftly to deregister the student command as a student society because it has proven itself guilty of racism and intimidation various times,” Der Vyver said.
The student command woes started when Afriforum youth petitioned UP to suspend and de-register it.
ALSO READ: Eight UP SRC candidates face disciplinary hearing for flaunting election rules
Do you have more information about the story?
Please send us an email to editorial@rekord.co.za or phone us on 083 625 4114.
For free breaking and community news, visit Rekord’s websites: Rekord East
For more news and interesting articles, like Rekord on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or Instagram
