The group of Wits students wearing T-shirts with the phrase "F*** White People" painted on them were toddlers, if not mere twinkles in Madiba’s eye, in 1994. Yet here they are today, scheduled to appear before the Human Rights Commission for hate speech, while university management has deemed their actions offensive and a plot to "manipulate the current political climate and the debates around race in society to deliberately provoke and offend others".On the back of the #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall protests, these new Wits protests have left many asking why this generation of black "born-frees" carries so much anger against white people.The reaction to protests demonstrates that despite SA's insistence on the "time heals all" narrative, evidence suggests it will take more than waiting to deal with the growing rift between races.In my previous life, I found myself party to important people’s conversations on the question of a social compact, in forums hosted by local and foreig...
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