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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 784681" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>I don't know how much this is published abroad, or even if you guys in the other countries even know what is going on in South Africa at the moment.</p><p></p><p>All over the country since November there has been student protests. First it was the #Feesmustfall campaign, where students were protesting that Universities must be free, and when they didn't get their wish, they protested that the fees must not be increased for 2016. Eventually the President announced that the increase won't happen.</p><p></p><p>Then there were protests at the University of Cape Town (UCT), where a group of EFF supporters protested over colonialism and eventually got the statue of Cecil John Rhodes removed from the campus.</p><p></p><p>Now, the latest protests are against Afrikaans. Where these same morons of the EFF are protesting that Afrikaans shouldn't be a language in which can be studied at the university of Pretoria (TUKS). Of course, the Afrikaans-speaking students won't sit back and are now giving these protestors a run for their money. Stating that all students have the choice in which language they want to study, and that they don't have to study in Afrikaans. Just so by the way, at TUKS you can study in Afrikaans, English and Sepedi.</p><p></p><p>On Monday evening there was a Varsity Cup match between the University of the Free State (UFS) and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU). During the match there were protestors running onto the field and disrupting the game:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UMNqIUwYuIQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>" target="_blank"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UMNqIUwYuIQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></a></p><p></p><p>And lastly the North-West University (NWU), which has 2 main campuses, one in Mafikeng and one in Potchefstroom. Last night the Mafikeng's administration building was set on fire, and at the Potch campus a group is stating that the NWU must boycott the Varsity Cup because their team isn't black enough and if they continue to participate they will arrive at matches in numbers and disrupt the matches.</p><p></p><p>What it basically boils down to, is the ANC (the Ruling Party), is losing ground ahead of the municipal elections later this year. Now they are attempting to gain votes by using violence and racism as a tactic to get people to vote for them. The EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters), which are a relatively new party, led by Julius Malema (who was once President Zuma's lapdog), has openly talked about his killing the Boere, and the Afrikaner and it's language. They are disrupting everywhere, parliament, universities, municipal buildings and the streets. Trying to get the people not to vote for the ANC. There are even rumours that the EFF is being funded by the USA and trying to invoke a regime change. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the rest of the country is holding on to dear life, trying to work/study, but mostly just surviving. These disruptions are affecting us and they are trying to hit us where it hurts the most, our language and our sport. But if there is one thing I've seen the last few days is that we will not be silent anymore. We have learnt from our historic mistakes of Apartheid and we are willing and able to stand together for the better future of SA, no matter your race/religion/sexual orientation/etc.</p><p></p><p>I think it's a pretty dumb move to disrupt rugby matches, as that is the one place where the supporters will stand together and fight back if needs be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 784681, member: 40658"] I don't know how much this is published abroad, or even if you guys in the other countries even know what is going on in South Africa at the moment. All over the country since November there has been student protests. First it was the #Feesmustfall campaign, where students were protesting that Universities must be free, and when they didn't get their wish, they protested that the fees must not be increased for 2016. Eventually the President announced that the increase won't happen. Then there were protests at the University of Cape Town (UCT), where a group of EFF supporters protested over colonialism and eventually got the statue of Cecil John Rhodes removed from the campus. Now, the latest protests are against Afrikaans. Where these same morons of the EFF are protesting that Afrikaans shouldn't be a language in which can be studied at the university of Pretoria (TUKS). Of course, the Afrikaans-speaking students won't sit back and are now giving these protestors a run for their money. Stating that all students have the choice in which language they want to study, and that they don't have to study in Afrikaans. Just so by the way, at TUKS you can study in Afrikaans, English and Sepedi. On Monday evening there was a Varsity Cup match between the University of the Free State (UFS) and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU). During the match there were protestors running onto the field and disrupting the game: [URL='<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UMNqIUwYuIQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>']<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UMNqIUwYuIQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>[/URL] And lastly the North-West University (NWU), which has 2 main campuses, one in Mafikeng and one in Potchefstroom. Last night the Mafikeng's administration building was set on fire, and at the Potch campus a group is stating that the NWU must boycott the Varsity Cup because their team isn't black enough and if they continue to participate they will arrive at matches in numbers and disrupt the matches. What it basically boils down to, is the ANC (the Ruling Party), is losing ground ahead of the municipal elections later this year. Now they are attempting to gain votes by using violence and racism as a tactic to get people to vote for them. The EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters), which are a relatively new party, led by Julius Malema (who was once President Zuma's lapdog), has openly talked about his killing the Boere, and the Afrikaner and it's language. They are disrupting everywhere, parliament, universities, municipal buildings and the streets. Trying to get the people not to vote for the ANC. There are even rumours that the EFF is being funded by the USA and trying to invoke a regime change. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is holding on to dear life, trying to work/study, but mostly just surviving. These disruptions are affecting us and they are trying to hit us where it hurts the most, our language and our sport. But if there is one thing I've seen the last few days is that we will not be silent anymore. We have learnt from our historic mistakes of Apartheid and we are willing and able to stand together for the better future of SA, no matter your race/religion/sexual orientation/etc. I think it's a pretty dumb move to disrupt rugby matches, as that is the one place where the supporters will stand together and fight back if needs be. [/QUOTE]
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