Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has warned that “antiwhite” sentiments among protesting students could lead to “racial conflict“‚ the Sunday Times newspaper reported.
He has also cautioned against attacks on Afrikaans as a language of instruction at some universities‚ pointing out that it is an official language whose “largest [group of] speakers ... is the working class in the Western Cape“.
Nzimande this week lambasted as “reckless and irresponsible” students who refuse to go to class.
In an interview with the Sunday Times on Thursday‚ after a meeting with university vice-chancellors‚ Nzimande spoke out against antiwhite slogans used by some protesting students recently.
“The danger is that you can have racial conflict [because of antiwhite chauvinism].
Antiwhite students flirt with race war‚ warns Blade
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has warned that “antiwhite” sentiments among protesting students could lead to “racial conflict“‚ the Sunday Times newspaper reported.
He has also cautioned against attacks on Afrikaans as a language of instruction at some universities‚ pointing out that it is an official language whose “largest [group of] speakers ... is the working class in the Western Cape“.
Nzimande this week lambasted as “reckless and irresponsible” students who refuse to go to class.
In an interview with the Sunday Times on Thursday‚ after a meeting with university vice-chancellors‚ Nzimande spoke out against antiwhite slogans used by some protesting students recently.
“The danger is that you can have racial conflict [because of antiwhite chauvinism].
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