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.
Friday 24 July 2015 - 8:26am
FILE image of blue suede stilettos
JOHANNESBURG – Marie Claire magazine’s gender violence campaign MCInHerShoes has been widely condemned for being too frivolous by showing photographs of men wearing high heels.
The campaign shows photographs of male celebrities wearing stilettos and caused controversy regarding the use of DJ Euphonik as one of the personalities in the campaign, as he has previously faced domestic violence charges.
&39;Violence against women is probably the greatest injustice in the world.&39; @euphonik stands tall for MCInHerShoes pic.twitter.com/E9CpX8WclO marie claire SA (@marieclaire sa) July 21, 2015
In terms of using the shoes, editor Aspasia Karras said this was meant to be a powerful icon.