Stellenbosch students to face action over Nazi-inspired posters
Three students could be disciplined for placing Nazi-inspired posters at Stellenbosch University, which was rocked by protests two years ago against teaching in Afrikaans, which is still widely identified with apartheid. The posters for an "Anglo-Afrikaner student" event come at a time when several racist incidents have been reported across SA, bringing race relations in the country back into the spotlight. The university says the images, which copied Nazi youth movement posters without their swastika flags, had "highly offensive references to Nazi propaganda and Neo-Nazism". Under the motto "Fight for Stellenbosch" in English and Afrikaans, one series showed a blond brown-shirted man and another a young woman with long blond braids. They appeared on Tuesday and were taken down on Wednesday. "It is safe to say that a disciplinary process could follow," said Martin Viljoen, a spokesman for the university. He gave no details. Vice-chancellor and rector Wim de Villiers said on Wednesda...
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