The ANC condemns the racial attack at the University of the Free State, where an African student was attacked on campus by two white male students. The two boys drove over the boy with a car and later beat him up.
It is appalling that after two decades of democracy and freedom we still have such hateful incidents rearing their ugly heads at the UFS. It is high time that the university confronts this demon of racism that hovers over this institution. The UFS is the same university where, in 2007, four students made a racist video that humiliated five black workers in an initiation-type ceremony.
We commend the police for the arrests and we wish the fifth-year economics student, Dumane "Muzi" Gwebu, a speedy recovery. I thank you. [Applause.]