 Statement by the Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Ihron Rensburg, University of Johannesburg 11 March 2010 The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has noted certain controversial and potentially inflammatory statements made by Mr Julius Malema, ANC Youth League President, on its Doornfontein campus on Monday 8 March. Mr Malema was on campus at the invitation of the Doornfontein SRC and addressed a group of about 300 students. The University has refrained from commenting on Mr Malema’s statements until now because we wanted to authenticate his comments. This has now been done and the University wishes to distance itself from Mr Malema’s statements. While the University fully supports the right to free speech and encourages it on our campuses, it neither condones nor encourages comments that are potentially inflammatory, provocative and defamatory. A number of staff and students have registered concern about Mr Malema’s statements on the day. Concerns have also been expressed by parents, fee-payers and members of the general public who have read media reports on Mr Malema’s statements. The University is receptive to these concerns and the Executive Management would like to reassure the University’s community and the public at large that UJ is determined to uphold the UJ values which includes, integrity and respect for diversity and human dignity, and which run counter to any statements that provoke racial, gender or religious tensions. ends Professor Ihron Rensburg Vice-Chancellor and Principal University of Johannesburg (UJ) 2010 - 168 -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . |
