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UFS video 'barbaric'
27/02/2008 08:41  - (SA)  

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  • Brandon Faber, News24 User

    If I was your average Alien, criss-crossing the universe in search of semi-intelligent life-forms to enslave and probe, I'd most certainly give Earth a big miss. I am willing to bet, in fact, that a place like Bloemfontein has never had a UFO sighting.

    What is wrong with the human race?

    University of the Free State students apparently made a video depicting the "initiation" of five black cleaners at a traditionally white men's residence on the campus. The video shows the cleaners downing beers and then eating food that's been urinated on, amongst other (more humiliating) things...

    What the hell is wrong with our so-called future leaders?

    If we are not microwaving cats in Durban, rioting in Tshwane or killing in Stellenbosch we are urinating in people's food and distributing videos of it. It matters not that there's no evidence of the cleaners in question being forced to do anything - what matters is the barbaric nature of the "ritual" itself.

    Added to that, bastards don't break in, rob you of everything you have and then leave anymore - no, victims are burnt with irons, boiling water, cigarettes... strangled, raped, stabbed, shot and beaten to a pulp in front of their loved ones. For what? Because of poverty?

    Blow me. Poverty does not make you torture someone - and drunken delinquency and (obviously) piss-poor upbringing does not give you the right to humiliate any person, no matter what creed of colour they are.

    If I was your average slave-spotting alien I'd have no use for the mess of bacteria and parasites roaming this planet. There are three-eyed, hairy-backed, saber-toothed creatures in caves 23 million light years North-east of Uranus with more decorum and emotional intelligence.

    This is why people are starting to live their lives online - because the overwhelming deluge of human scum is just not worth the time of day. Mark my words boys and girls, we are heading for an implosion.

    Our brutality and behaviour towards each other is reaching fever pitch. All over the world the cracks in the matrix are deepening, the crevices widening, the divide between common sense, common decency, respect and your (very) average citizen is just too wide to cross with one shake of the head.

    It has to be constant.

    Our response to inhumane behaviour - whether it be in the form of crime, animal and domestic abuse, religious or racial intolerance has to be clear, consistent and cohesive in its condemnation and disgust. Perpetrators of gross violations must be made examples of - even if they are in positions of power.

    This is the only way forward for us... if we are to survive, to evolve, to emerge from the dark corners of the universe to take our rightful place in the heavens...

    The time is now.

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      Ashamed
    27/02/2008 08:55
    Today I am ashamed to be white even though there is nothing I can do to change it. - Can't change
     
      "Ontgroening" barbaric
    27/02/2008 08:57
    Im glad that you (unlike the media) have addressed this issue as a barbaric INITIATION, like most initiations it?s barbaric or at least very degrading towards the person(s) being initiated. That this has been touted as racists I don?t understand (typical racial slurs from certain parties) since this kind of degrading initiation has been perturbed by white students on white first year students and black men on black kids (who are about to become men) for years! Address ?ontgroening?! - M
     
      I agree 100%
    27/02/2008 08:58
    Brandon, well written! I have no words to describe how shocked and angry I am about such a horrendous act - WTF! "The more time I spend around humans the more I love my dog" Just remember people - its the 1 unbreakable law of the UNIVERSE (yes for aliens too!) WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND ! - stack
     
      What was the root cause of the video?
    27/02/2008 08:58
    The root cause of the actions of the students was unhappiness about the policy of forced racial integration of residences. The university authorities who imposed this Orwellian measure must therefore be held co-responsible. The rector should resign, because his racist policies caused the problem. - Anton
     
      Planet of the Apes
    27/02/2008 08:58
    Agreed, in all spheres of human life there seems to be a basic degradation in moral standards and empathy towards each other. Change is needed.. - de-opinion
     
      You are so right...
    27/02/2008 08:59
    I have no doubt that some will excuse this as harmless fun. No matter how you couch this, this is unacceptable, intolerable blatant racism and should be dealt with accordingly! - DW
     
      Absolutely DISGUSTING!
    27/02/2008 08:59
    I agree, the people who committed this are revolting, but please guys and girls lets not start slinging racial comments around...lets for once try find a solution instead!!! - AB
     
      Short article but a good read
    27/02/2008 09:00
    From Atholl - Andrew
     
      A new low
    27/02/2008 09:00
    Just when I thought people in this country couldn't go any lower... I agree with you one hundred percent. They need to be made examples of and deserve all of the condemnation they receive. I had trouble looking at the television screen while it was played on the news last night. Reprehensible. - Lauren
     
      Consistency!!!
    27/02/2008 09:00
    I fully agree! We are heading for an implosion! I am a white afrikaans male, but what happened at UFS shocked me and is totally unacceptable! I hope they are severely punished for their actions! The one thing I would like to emphasize is that the same justice must apply when the reverse happens... When white people are humiliated, tortured and murderred! When this happens, and it happens daily the silence from the black community is deafening! I ask for consistency!!! - Johan
     
      Disgusting Behavior
    27/02/2008 09:00
    I agree with you 100%. These students are not worthy of being called or treated as human beings. Any behavoir like this should be treated immediately by naming and shaming these guys. The should be forced to work for those cleaners to pay back the humiliation they have made them suffer. Imagine the company to give these "future leaders" a job one day. Absolutely revolting behavior. To the gallows with them! - Shocked..>>
     
      There will be support for this act.
    27/02/2008 09:02
    I know there will be those who will blame this act on integration. They will claim that UFS should have been left white and Afrikaans. These kids were taught that Blacks are no humans, they could be treated worse than animals and it's okay. Notice one thing, no white party or forum will condemn this, they will wait for the ANC to comment and then attack the ANC, just like in Skielek. Still wondering why the ANC will rule this country for the next 100yrs? - Libembe
     
      Discipline!
    27/02/2008 09:02
    Here is a perfect example of what happens in a country where discipline has vanished. With discipline gone, respect for yourself and others normally follows. The worst part is that this discipline issues will be carried over to the next generation. This country is deteriorating at a scary pace!!!! - Shocked
     
      Suspend them
    27/02/2008 09:03
    Student responsible or even involved should be immediatly suspended and expelled from campus. Rectors need to act quickly against this student prank in poor taste gone wrong !! - Suspend them
     
      Pathetic.....
    27/02/2008 09:03
    I have to aggree... It is really pathetic, these are youngsters, they are suppose to be the new generation and stand together... It is pathetic... no other words for it. They should know better. - Pathetic...
     
      Balanced
    27/02/2008 09:03
    I fully agree with this article! Armageddon is coming and No! it is not a coment or an huge earth Quake nor a Huge Volcano.. its Human beings against Human beings..Christians against atheists and Muslims.. blacks against white! its coming... can you feel that! - RS4FAN
     
      HORRIBLE
    27/02/2008 09:03
    It was with great shame that I viewed the video last night and yes those youngsters should all be told to take their bags and get out. Hopefully this will not escalate and all whites be perceived to be like that. - Gillian
     
      Video
    27/02/2008 09:04
    I am so disgusted, and this from educated non-poverty stricken white brats. If they were so strong against integration, go on strike, protest, burn down the place, do what the black brats are doing, don't take it out on cleaners who never ha a chance for such privledges as tertiary eductaion, who are just poor, lowly paid workers. Shame on them, shame on us all for allowing these things to happen. Just like those litte Pretoria matric B******s that killed that poor homeless guy. Bloody trash. - PolokwaneJohn
     
      A heart condition...
    27/02/2008 09:05
    There is an Afrikaans word to describe these people 'onbeskaafd', that is uncivilised.But i can't understand why these black people let these fools do this to them.Racism is a condition of the heart,it comes from deep down.This just shows that the leopard does't change it's spots.Fortunately not all white people are like that. - Godfrey
     
      I could not agree more!
    27/02/2008 09:06
    It just goes how far we are from being able to co-exist without incidents like these despicable and appalling acts of injustice by one individual upon the human race. - John
     
      EVS
    27/02/2008 09:06
    It's because of apartheid. - King Kong
     
      Racism
    27/02/2008 09:07
    As a white South African, I fully agree with your article & I think it's high time these AFRIKANERS get with the times. I place the blame squarely on the shoulders of their parents who brought them up with the thinking that any person who's not white...is an animal. These racists should be strung up by their feet & forced to eat their own crap. They give the rest of us a bad name. A sad day in the history of the "new" SA! - Paul
     
      Paul on these days
    27/02/2008 09:07
    This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. ?.But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience, persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. - mokganjetsi
     
      SPOT ON
    27/02/2008 09:13
    HALLELUJAH Brandon! It is very sad indeed the way we treat each other, whether we will stop doing it is another question all on its own, But I do hope that each of us take a good look at ourselves and try to do our bit in minimizing this enturbulation that us Homo Sapiens are so good at. Great Read Thanks. - LH
     
      I wonder..........
    27/02/2008 09:14
    why farmers are murdered in such a barbaric fashion. IT IS BECASUE THEY ILL-TREAT THEIR WORKERS. This is prrof enough what goes on in the OFS. - van tonder
     
      And here is another one ...
    27/02/2008 09:15
    A doctor refused to attend to a sick child and instead spend an hour treating a dog,it's no different to people who put black people in the back of their bakkies in winter and their dogs in front,can't wait for judgement day... - Godfrey
     
      The future is in our hands - but not like this
    27/02/2008 09:15
    This country is already balanced on a knife's edge, the last we now need is barbarac acts like this! This is not only a SA problem, it's a global issue, people just don't respect one another anymore. We need to learn to respect ourselves again, others around us, irrespective of colour or religion. We are on this earth together and need to share. If not, people will just turn upon another until there is total destruction - Mike
     
      Anton's response is shameful to say the least...
    27/02/2008 09:16
    im not suprised though racism is still well and alive. Im glad to read the responses and see that most whites condemn this shameful act as well. - tshepo
     
      note to Libembe
    27/02/2008 09:16
    I just wanted to point your attention to the fact that Helen Zille (a white leader of a multi racial party) was one of the first to condemn this. These guys deserve all they're gonna get and more. Though I do find it strange that when white boys steps out of line, the SABC has a field day, but when it's black boys the word apartheid and poverty get cited and the story killed. We should all be ashamed this day that we've allowed our society to deteriorate to the moral low it is today. - Jay
     
      UFS
    27/02/2008 09:18
    This is shocking!!! These people must be brought to book and in fact, an example should be made by giving them the highest sentence possible. We were all initiated in various situations during our upbringing (School hostels, National service,University hostels etc.)but it was never barbaric. This incident is a barbaric act and it was clearly aimed at humiliating the victims who will now, and in future, hate the perpetrators, and for that matter, all white people for ever. - S
     
      Initiation
    27/02/2008 09:18
    My arse. This was no initiation. these people worked there for longer than the sobs have been in the residence. Chances are that even if this was reported, it would have been ignored by the bosses of these individuals. Now, I understand why FBJ saw it necessary to exclude whites. They are tired of the excuses of these blatant racists - L van Heerden
     
      Brandon doet it come from your hart
    27/02/2008 09:18
    Brandon ? is your condemnation of these actions of the UFS genuine and does it come from your hart. You only mention the UFS incident in the second paragraph of your article and the rest of your article you write about stuff that does not directly link to the barbaric actions of the UFS students. It is as if you are using the suffering of the cleaners for your oven agenda. Brandon you have failed to report on the details of what happened and you have also failed to convince me that you are genuine in your condemnation as you had a perfect opportunity to attack these students whit regards to there actions but you choose not to do so.. - colin
     
      Take a look Government....
    27/02/2008 09:19
    These society misfits from the UFS, murderers, rapists and child abusers all belong behind bars where they should not be released to society, ever. As long as there is no punishment for inhumane acts in this country, this will continue. Government please, you hold this key. Do the right thing. - Lerato
     
      Angels will weep
    27/02/2008 09:20
    How can any human being, regardless of race color or creed, subject another to things such as this? What makes me sad, is that will now be turned into a racial issue, even though those of us who went to Varsity know that this happens every year to the new guys and it has been happening since the first hostel was there.Don't expel them though, force them to go and live in one of the traditionally black hostels, maybe there they will get the same treatment! - A.L.F
     
      WAR!!!
    27/02/2008 09:20
    Mark my words, this is only the beginning! Force ANYONE to do anything they don't want and call him a racist only sparks anger and eventually death! Death due to WAR!!! We are heading for an implosion, like Brandon says. All because of anger and revenge! ARE YOU READY? - Big R
     
      Not the first time
    27/02/2008 09:20
    If my memory serves me correctly - this isn't the first time that Reitz Hostel has been implicated in a scandel. During the 90's the Hostel was closed for a few years- it seems that this hostel is a place where the racist white students gather. - Specialist
     
      Losing Hope
    27/02/2008 09:21
    For all my thinking years, I have blelieved there is hope for this country. I believed that one day people will respect others, but the last few days made my question my hope. Maybe there is a life for me in Europe after all. - Charley17
     
      Limbembe
    27/02/2008 09:22
    Can you see the outpouring of rage from the comments here or are you blind to that? I knew it wouldn't be long before the usual suspects came out flinging their racist accusations without so much as reading the article or the comments that follow. I WILL SAY IT HERE, WHAT HAPPENED IS DISGUSTING AND SHOULD BE DEALT WITH AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. There is no place for these type of people in this country. - Point Blank
     
      Disgusted
    27/02/2008 09:22
    This is typical Reitz mentality and shocking - we do not need this ! I studied there and I am ashamed to admit it. My father regularly donates to the university and I will sugest that he stop it. Die f%^&*@n Reitz moes lankal heeltemal gesloop gewees het !!! We had regular problems with Reitz even back then when we studied. Blik#$%ms !!! - Disgusted
     
      Ashamed 2!
    27/02/2008 09:22
    We whites were up in arms about the Forum for Black Jouralists, etc. Now white people go and do that. This does not help the cause at all and just puts us back in the old SA. The students who made the video should be criminally charged and be put in jail with black criminals in order to sort them out in an appropriate way (make them drink there own piss). I just truly hope that all whites are now not measured on the actions of the sick few who did this. - JH
     
      PLEASE NOTE @M
    27/02/2008 09:23
    This was Not even on the same planet as an initiation... These poor people were STAFF at UFS and were victimized by these oxygen thieves. I hope their parents disown them, I am so disgusted that people can behave in this way towards other people, what is wrong with the world! - stack
     
      When will we address these initiations?
    27/02/2008 09:24
    All I want to know is, when will these initiations finally be stopped (they have been here for YEARS)? Never mind who the guilty party is, we as a society should address all types of initiation within our country (all communities) and either ban them altogether or convert them into something fruitful where the initiated are proud to join a certain group and to be part of that group. - M
     
      Hau Libembe!
    27/02/2008 09:25
    Libembe, you say "no white organistation will condemn this'. Didn't you even read the original article?? The DA and FF+ have condemned these actions. It's time we stop making this a black/white issue and see it as a human rights and dignity violation. It's an awful thing to have happened, no matter what colour your skin may be. We will never advance in the new SA unless we learn to see past skin colour and start seeing everyone as people. We are all South Africans! - Michelle
     
      Barbaric
    27/02/2008 09:26
    Well done Brandon, I couldn't have written it better. The mind boggles at the gross inhumanity out there, where will it all end? - Pam
     
      disgusting behaviour
    27/02/2008 09:26
    intergration this inhumane behaviour has nothing to do with intergration, it just shows how those stupid boys think of black people.they should be ashamed.if some peopl think it has nothing to do with race-then they are in denial.why didnt those boys use their own mothers.im disgusted!!! - ebony - ebony
     
      Barbarism
    27/02/2008 09:26
    Well written piece, Brandon. I just wish to add my horror at this thuggery - those involved must be dealt with mercilessly. No person deserves to be put through that sort of senseless 'initiation' - it is torture of the mind, body and soul. As Spike Milligan once wrote - "I hereby wish to resign from the human race". - Dave Robbins
     
      Respect
    27/02/2008 09:26
    Good article indeed. A terrible act by a community that will suffer in time. Another incident of mans inability to deal with change. I say a pray for those who are murdered in their homes, displaced, pro democracy activits in Zimbabwe (and elsewhere) who are tourtured and beaten to death at the hands of their own. I pray for those who care but do not know what to do. Intergartion will happen but in its own time until then stop the blame,think and carm down. - Brendon Micheletti
     
      Ashamed 3
    27/02/2008 09:26
    I am a parent of two small children. How do these children's parent feel or are they still racists from the old SA? I do not know but if one's children have a decent upbringing they would not do such things (I accept that once out the gate parents cannot be responsible for the actions of their children) but even so, to do such things is sick!! - JH
     
      Limbebe
    27/02/2008 09:27
    Stop talking TOSH - Of course all parties will condemn this! Do you think normal people like to see this go on. Just remember not all white people are racists just as not all black people are criminals, not all white people want to leave this country just as not all black people want them to - generalisations are dangerous and EXTREMELY unfair things!!! - stack
     
      Brandon is only using the incident to highlight unrelated issues
    27/02/2008 09:27
    Apparently? Not really. It is Real. your article is however not about the University of Free State. Seems to refer to people using poverty as an excuse to crime. These white idiots were not hungry. More importantly, this thing happened in broad daylight and yet was not reported by other white students, which shows you what they thought of it. - L van Heerden
     
      Unacceptable
    27/02/2008 09:27
    Excellent article. The behaviour in the video is unacceptable under any conditions / circumstances. Blaming policies (Anton) for this behaviour is ludicrous. There are other options to voice displeasure at policies. As for the students involved, animals have better morals / ideals and more respect than they do. A half developed amoeba would fit better into society than this lot do and should be allowed to. - Michael
     
      extremely concerned
    27/02/2008 09:27
    There is an worrying upsurge in all kinds of racism, from all colours.These incidents are used as a justification for farm murders, which are used as a justification for these incidents.We must condemn all forms and deal with these people decisively.Call me strange though, but as horrible as this incident is, I still think racist murder is worse. - kwk
     
      @ Colin
    27/02/2008 09:28
    Seriously dude, you have poisoned yourself. Brandon is condemning this at the highest level and you, as usual, have nothing but negative things to say about white people, please for the love of God read the comments and you will see there is no racism here but deep seated rage from the white community. Stop for one minute and lift the hood you have over your eyes. - Point Blank
     
      When will we address these initiations?
    27/02/2008 09:29
    Let's see if the whit organisations such as DA, FF+ and Radio 702 will see racism in this one as they are very quick to see reasons in black issues such as when white journalists were barred from the meeting of black journalists with Mr. Zuma. - Tumi
     
      After all...
    27/02/2008 09:29
    In all societies you will have extremists,our problem is that we don't have a system to deal with them!We sensationalise it in the media in order to bring on the wrath of the people.Criminals get to much air time and media exposure,so thank you M24 for contributing negatively!Once again the media has failed!I'm not saying we don't need to know it just has to be controlled on the how we know and we need to get away from our sick need for seeing the dismay of others. - The original Mike
     
      I was right
    27/02/2008 09:29
    Segregation isn't such a bad thing. It shouldn't be enforced but if people don't want to mix with other cultures they should have the right not to. I think it is now clear that neither side of the race divide want integration. Give 8% of SA to the whites and let them do what they want with it, i bet it will be the most succesful area. - H.F Verwoerd
     
      No justification
    27/02/2008 09:30
    Horror! Disgust! - that is what I hear from everyone - and rightly so. On the other hand I am disturbed by those who want to justify it! They are using the ANC government, crime and everything elses as a justification for what those racist did - almost to say that whites had enough and this is how they will respond. Maybe we(blacks, coloureds & Indians) were too forgiving - maybe we should have been less conciliatory . . .maybe we should have had that civil war . . . - kpvanniekaap
     
      Colin...
    27/02/2008 09:30
    The article is about human behaviour in general, and not specifically about the UFS incident - which merely served as a "muse" if you will. I condemn all forms of dispicable behaviour "from the hart" as you say - but for specific details there just isn't space my friend. Word limits and such, you know. - Brandon
     
      Rape
    27/02/2008 09:31
    Did the boys rape the workers kids infront of their parents? Torture them by pouring boiling water over them? Shot them or stab them with knives? These are the articles I see every day on News 24, but with very little reaction. The Reitz boys were wrong, but compared to rape and murder, why the big fuss? TIA! - Spiderman
     
      Pure humiliation !
    27/02/2008 09:32
    I cannot belief that they do not remove the video from the internet, it is so disgusting to watch. These students must with their parents not only make a public apology but must compensate the people that they made fun of. This is outrageous for the youth of this country to be part of such humiliating act. They must pack their bags and leave with their parents. My heart is going out to those 4 ladies and I hope that they will emotionally come over this terrible ordeal. - Anti-FS
     
      vicious circle
    27/02/2008 09:32
    All racists avenge something, that they use for justification.Mark my words there are going to be retaliation for this incident, which will result in re-retaliation, which..I think we see the picture. The only solution is to deal with those involved immediatly, and decisively, to cool down tempers, not to mention that's what they deserve.Retaliation and remarks of hatred should be dealt with in the same way. - kwk
     
      Integration
    27/02/2008 09:33
    This is a direct result of the university's integration program. They should never have forces this on the students. Some things takes time. - Jonathan
     
      What next?!
    27/02/2008 09:33
    After having seen the face of a young boy who lost his eye because of assault by a fellow student last night on "3rd Degree" & seeing the sorrow of a mother who lost her son to gangster violence,I just cried,my heart broke for these people,only to see the revolting article of the inhumane treatment of workers at the Free State University.This is all getting too much for me!! God help us! How much worse are things going to get I ask you? - Sick to my stomach!
     
      I am so F%king angry about this!!
    27/02/2008 09:33
    Today I am ashamed to be called an Afrikaner. My forefathers fought long and hard for something better than this. Once again, history repeats itself and a few misguided people managed to display their racist and inhuman behaviour in such a way that it reflects on the average Afrikaner. These guys should be made examples of and the Afrikaners should stand together to bring these idiots to book. They should be made to eat dog food out of buckets in front of national TV. - witseun
     
      The youngsters
    27/02/2008 09:34
    Young people don't realise they need to contribute to society by paying taxes and integrating into society. They are dependant on their parents or bursuries and because of that there is something wrong with their self-image. Bar them at all universities and take away their degrees they have received. I am abhorred by this. May they eat their rotten fruit for breaking down race relations. We should all pull together. I am abhorred about this barbarism. - Pieter
     
      Protest
    27/02/2008 09:35
    I'd say the white students should protest with the black students against this! - Anton
     
      VIDEO
    27/02/2008 09:36
    UOVS can never be properly transformed, this is been going on for years. The families of those poor staff members must institute legal action against the institution.The rector also lacks sound management and leadership, he suspends the men instead of expulsion. Maybe political decision must be taken for UOVS to be closed. Transformation cannot be compromised anymore. The ANC must step in in this degrading exercise. - Ramotho
     
      Totally Inhumane
    27/02/2008 09:36
    This country is heading for an inplossion and I will not be around to see it. I am on my way to Australlia. Leaving this country to sort iyself out - shaun
     
      Todays parents to blame
    27/02/2008 09:37
    Where are the parents of these students. What type of background do they come from to make them think that this type of behaviour is normal. This incident must be investigated fully & this scum must be removed from normal society. Mass marches are not the answer. A case must be laid with the police & these people must be taken to task & face the consequences of their actions. - Malcolm X
     
      Disgusted and Embarressed
    27/02/2008 09:37
    I'm embarressed to call myself a white South African, specially after that. Shame on you white boys, you are lower than the lowest sh*t eating worms, lower than snail droppings on the bottom of the deepest ocean!!! - Mark
     
      Stand up!!
    27/02/2008 09:39
    We as white South Africans need to stand up and let our black brothers know that we do not condone this. We white people should organise a march against racism, white on black / black on white. if not I fear that very bad things will happen to the good white people of this country. - Nick
     
      Reitz Kamerwonings
    27/02/2008 09:41
    Reitz has a long history of abuse and assualt (in my days 1990's it was white on white)and if I remember correctly they were even closed a few years because of their behaviour. Reitz was always above the law. I was in another next door residence and was also made to drink disgusting "juice". These initiations at UFS should stop and these racist a-holes locked up. This is just as bad as robbers raping white daughters - it just doesn't get the same media time. - Old Kovsie
     
      Disgusted!
    27/02/2008 09:42
    How in the world can these men (they are grown) justify what they had done? When you get to University, you are supposed to be the cream at the top, the one with a bit more sense and respect. Shame on them, shame on their parents for bringing them up like that, and shame on the University (because everyone bloody knows this is going on at Universties!!!) I feel ashamed today, to even thought that people can change! If nothing is done to them, I hope we have vigilantes!!! - ani
     
      To blacque
    27/02/2008 09:43
    Your hate speech will not get you anywhere. That your comment was even posted by news24 is shocking. With vengeance you always kill the wrong people because hatred doesn't live in just one race or a certain group,it lives within individuals that you, with your infantile mind couldn't even identify in the first place.You are no better than those spoilt little brats at UFS - M
     
      Stupids
    27/02/2008 09:43
    I don't know whether this is barbaric of racism or may be stupid.They were four nobody amonst them call others out of order meaning it was intentionally.So prosecute this inhuman ediots. - Bethuel Kgampe
     
      Disgusting
    27/02/2008 09:44
    It is a shameful and cowardly act. They should be kicked out, they don't deserve education. Their parents should be ashamed of bringing children up in such a manner. They are a few poisoning the image of many, and I don't want to be associated with them. - MJ
     
      Shameful
    27/02/2008 09:44
    I cannot believe this, they must punish the idiots at the full extend. People who torture other people just for fun, in my book is just 2 steps above baby rapist. And yes it is their parents fault, teaching there kids so wrong. - padkos
     
      shocking!
    27/02/2008 09:45
    This just goes to show just how things haven't changed in this country. Johan, i do agree with u, there should be consistency in terms of condemning these kind of actions by anyone.I do understand why racial slings r being thrown at this one, n i think it is. These guys have done this in reaction to racial intergration in the residences which they're very much against. this just makes u wonder if we should excuse young whites from the blame of aparthied since they were not there. makes u wonder.. - zakes
     
      I condemn these actions in no uncertain terms!
    27/02/2008 09:46
    Where are we going wrong people? Why are we not teaching our children to rise above the hatred of the past and stand together as South Africans? Its just disgusting and totally unacceptable. Shame on these brats and shame on their parents for raising them this way. I am truly ashamed to be white and Afrikaans today. - May
     
      Racists
    27/02/2008 09:46
    I am of the opinion that 99% of whites are a whole lot bunch of racists. The pledge unveiled by the Minister should be recited by all whites (children & adults) in different African traditional languages. They should apologize profusely to the misdeeds of apartheid because it is still ingrained in their children's minds. Expell those stupid lunatics from the academic institution. - Calvin Mkhize
     
      TO: BRANDON
    27/02/2008 09:48
    Colin was spot on in picking out your smooth way in trying to diffuse this situation with your well manipulated article. You go Colin, well done.... - van tonder
     
      When?
    27/02/2008 09:48
    As much as this thing has been described as racist - it is more unhuman than anything else I believe. I mean we should be pass this whole white on black and visa versa already!....Where is the spirit of I'm OK and you OK? UBUNTU people! UBUNTU!!!.... - TK
     
      Freestate
    27/02/2008 09:50
    I'm white and I want to bang those stupid white students' head in for the crap they caused. Now black people will generalise and say ALL white people are racist! Will the F*(^*n Vrystaat people just get with the times! Apartheid is over you racist bastards!!!! - knersus
     
      Agree with HF Verwoerd
    27/02/2008 09:50
    Must agree with HF Verwoerd. It is your right as human being to live and surround you with people of YOUR choice. Whether it is rugbyplayers, english speaking people or whatever. - Kelvin
     
      jislaaikit!!!
    27/02/2008 09:50
    I wish I could moer these guys! They are causing so much damage. I say, lets get a few big Afrikaner guys and bliksem these idiots!! - konstabel
     
      Limbebe & Colin
    27/02/2008 09:50
    Come now kids, how about you read the comments all the way through before slamming the people who wrote them? No one is condoning what happened!!! For the love of God, we are all horrified at what was done. Get over yourselves already. I agree 100% with "Point Blank". - Lauren
     
      WTF?
    27/02/2008 09:51
    Totally inhumane, lock these trash varsity boys away and throw away the keys. I am a totally disgusted. - Chris
     
      Human race
    27/02/2008 09:51
    For once let us look at this as the people of this countr