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<img src="http://citizen.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/08/AV_00003942-602x400.jpg?4dd3f2" alt=" Unathi Nkayi. (File photo by Gallo Images/Sowetan/Elvis Ntombela)">
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Musician Unathi Msengana caused a stir on twitter
on Monday when she seemingly tried to defend Stellenbosch University’s
language policy that isolates black students.
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<p>The conversation, which started on Msengana’s radio show on Metro FM, was sparked by <em>Luister</em>, <a href="http://citizen.co.za/621081/why-did-god-make-me-black-maties-student-in-film/">a documentary</a> on the continuing racism that black students experience at the university.</p>
<p>A large part of the documentary also deals with the fact that while <a href="http://citizen.co.za/651333/film-on-stellenbosch-racism-a-misrepresentation/">the university</a>
is meant to be multilingual, Afrikaans is still the predominant
language in lectures, putting those who do not speak the language at a
disadvantage.</p>
<p>Msengana apparently said black students in Stellenbosch who cannot
speak Afrikaans must have known that language would be an issue before
they applied to study there.</p>
<p>“You cannot say that they said Afrikaans wouldn’t [be an issue]. How
do we fight for you. That’s my point. Be fair guys. I know it hurts,”
She wrote to a twitter user under the handle @ThisIsPalo.<br>
It wasn’t long before the <em>Idols SA</em> judge trended on the social network, with many users slamming her views.</p>
<p>“Unathi is trying to belittle the struggles of the students at
Stellies,” wrote Attie Matyalana. “Unathi I pray your kids will grow up
to be smarter than you. Heck I hope they manage to get into Stellies,”
another user wrote.</p>
<p>Msengana couldn’t comment at the time. She said “my flight is about to leave, can we please talk tomorrow [Tuesday]”.</p><p><a href="http://citizen.co.za/652081/unathi-lashed-for-defending-stellenbosch-racism/">http://citizen.co.za/652081/unathi-lashed-for-defending-stellenbosch-racism/</a><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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