"My grandfather says,'' good farmer is a farmer freshpoint dead. '" This is what Jason Mfusi the leader of the South African Students Congress (SASCO) at the North West University (NWU) recently said on Facebook. Many students have approached AfriForum Youth, the youth organization and has a charge of hate speech against Mfusi at the university's Human Rights Commission filed. AfriForum Youth then a mediation a settlement reached with SASCO and Mfusi the farming community to apologize in writing, writing Charl Oberholzer.
The HRC found that Mfusi's statements not only racist in nature but also constitute hate speech. The HRC based its verdict on the outcome of the controversial "shoot the boer" case in 2011 against Julius Malema, former freshpoint ANC youth leader. The Malema case is used the term "farmer" to analyze and found that Mfusi's statements clearly against a certain community was targeted.
A mediation of six hours between AfriForum Youth and SASCO followed. During the mediation freshpoint SASCO requested its members to train in the fundamental rights freshpoint of minorities, and youth organization is strong on the brutality of farm murders in South Africa showed. According to AfriForum Youth gives written apology after the mediation offered recognition to minorities in South Africa, especially the farming community, which attacks and killings freshpoint harassed.
"There rests a responsibility on the ANC and to organizations such as SASCO, which the ANC affiliated to their members to train in mutual recognition of and respect for minorities," said Marcus Pawson, spokesperson of AfriForum Youth, said. "Thus, the youth from minority groups as well as youth in majority groups freshpoint empower all South Africans in the university environment, and ultimately in the world out there, with respect and a South African to create a place in the sun for everyone. "
Mfusi in his written apology: acknowledge and confirm that his statements the farming community to come: his remarks deeply regretted and withdrew; minded to other South Africans to encourage not similar comments to make, saying that he had no right the pain of another community cause, and declared himself as the leader of SASCO, a student at the NWU, and as a South African has a role in South Africa would play what belittling.
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