Wits SRC President: There is an Adolph Hitler in every white person'...
April 28 2015 - Mcebo Dlamini president of the Wits university Student representative council, stands by his statement that 'there is an Adolph Hitler in every white person. I love Hitler'.
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Professor Adam Habib of Wits University says he is looking into whther disciplinary charges should be brought against Dlamini about this. "It was wrong of him to valorise Adolph Hitler".
b "The posts by Mcebo Dlamini make disparaging remarks about various communities and assume a similar characteristic among all white people" - The facebook posts are racist and offensive. Disturbingly, they valorise a racist autocrat who was respojnsible for the murder of millions of people... '
Professor Adam Habib 28 April 2015
VC says he is referring Mcebo Dlamini for investigation to see whether disciplinary charges should be brought against him in this regard
Statement on SRC President 28 April 2015
Dear Colleagues, Students, Alumni and Members of the Wits University Community
The SRC President’s Facebook posts regarding Adolf Hitler and his subsequent comments to our student newspaper were forwarded to me over the weekend by a number of concerned staff, students and
alumni. I have emailed the SRC President and asked him to account for his remarks but have not yet received a response (see Wits Vuvuzela report).
The Facebook posts and subsequent comments are racist and offensive in the extreme. They make disparaging remarks about various communities and assume a similar characteristic among all white people.
Disturbingly, they valorise a racist autocrat who was responsible for the murder of millions of people. Valorising such an individual is utterly unacceptable and especially dangerous in a climate where we are
experiencing xenophobic attacks. It violates the fundamental values of Wits University.
In my email to the SRC President, I indicated that Wits strives to be a pluralistic institution and defends freedom of speech, even when this means allowing the expression of views that do not accord with our
own views and values. However, we expect our officials to be circumspect in their utterances and to act within the values of the institution. This is a principle that applies to the SRC President and it has clearly
been violated in this case. As such, I am referring Mcebo Dlamini for investigation to see whether disciplinary charges should be brought against him in this regard.
To all individuals to whom this incident may have caused offence, I want to apologise for the fact that someone who is deemed a leader in our community could have made such shocking and embarrassing
statements. His behaviour in no way speaks to the values of Wits as an institution.
Professor Adam Habib Vice-Chancellor and Principal University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Issued by Wits, April 28 2015
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----"The Facebook posts and subsequent comments are racist and offensive in the extreme. They make disparaging remarks about various communities and assume a similar characteristic among all white people. Disturbingly, they valorise a racist autocrat who was responsible for the murder of millions of people. Valorising such an individual is utterly unacceptable and especially dangerous in a climate where we are experiencing xenophobic attacks. It violates the fundamental values of Wits University." Statement by Professor Adam Habib of Wits.
Mcebo Dlamini president of the Wits university Student representative council, stands by his statement that 'there is an Adolph Hitler in every white person. I love Hitler'.
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