Speaker of the legislature Daylin Mitchell confirmed that his deputy, Beverley Schäfer, had organised the event, which resulted in widespread condemnation.
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Are universities’ race-based admission policies unfair and depleting the quality of medical students and doctors in South Africa? Fierce debate on this issue was recently sparked when Western Cape health MEC Debbie Schäfer shared a post on Twitter suggesting a straight-A student was rejected by the University of Cape Town’s medical school due to his race. This prompted outrage from Afriforum CEO Kallie Kriel and others. What exactly does it take to be “competitive”????? pic.twitter.com/XLx8lizybY Debbie Schafer (@DebbieSchafer) March 13, 2021 What a disgrace! @afriforum is more than willing to assist in fighting this should our assistance be required..
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MEC Schäfer accused of playing race card in gaffe over student s UCT admission
14 March 2021 12:29 PM
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Education MEC Debbie Schäfer has been accused of race-baiting after peddling incorrect claims that a top matric pupil was rejected by UCT.
On Saturday, MEC Schäfer tweeted misleading information about a matric 2020 top achiever who appeared to have been rejected by the University of Cape Town (UCT).
The tweet elicited a string of negative comments about transformation, BEE, and race quotas.
However, UCT has issued a statement correcting false claims that the student was not accepted.
According to the university, the student declined UCT s acceptance offer last month.