Wits is a colonial monument sustaining white supremacy, says EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi
The EFF spokesperson has called on Wits students not to retreat from their call for free, decolonised education and curriculum development
EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi criticised the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) for being "a super high school that is still trying to mimic and protect white supremacy".Ndlozi was addressing Wits students during the EFF student representative council (SRC) election rally, held on the stairs of the Great Hall on Monday.The EFF national spokesperson called on students not to retreat from their call for free, decolonised education and curriculum development."Part of why white people feel the amount of arrogance that they feel is because of universities like Wits. It remains a colonial monument that is sustaining white supremacy in SA‚" said Ndlozi."That is what it will remain‚ until it opens its doors and people enter to study here on the basis of being academically deserving‚ not because of how deep their pockets are. The stupidity of western civilisation is part of what this place represents: to think that access to something that has do with brains must be about money‚" he said‚ as t...
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