Bernadette Wicks Dlamini has issued a sincere apology to the Jewish community, acknowledging that his comments were anti-Semitic, which is a form of racism and says he hopes to learn more about Judaism and visit Israel. Mcebo Dlamini | image: Facebook
“It is only in retrospective (sic) that I began to appreciate how my statements were both ill-advised and, to a certain extent, dangerous because they ignored the kind of trauma that they caused,” he said on Monday.
“As someone who is interested in politics and how it can be used to advance a better world for all, I should have known better”.
Mcebo Dlamini apologises to Jewish community for Adolf Hitler comments
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JOHANNESBURG: Former Wits SRC president Mcebo Dlamini has apologised to the Jewish community for his 2015 comments where he spoke glowingly of Adolf Hitler during a television interview.
Dlamini, one of the prominent faces and leaders of the #FeesMustFall movement was hauled to the Human Rights Commission by the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD).
The mediation process took place at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre.
SAJBD Vice President Zev Krengel said Dlamini was apologetic, remorseful and he had acknowledged that his comments had caused harm in the Jewish community.