A second initiation video has surfaced at the University of the Free State, this time with white students as the "victims".

It shows four white students at the predominantly black Villa Bravado men's residence having water thrown at them.

They are made to stand on one leg and say something inaudible, and later crawl around in the water on the floor in front of other students.

Students brought it to the university management's attention earlier this year, and it took note of the initiation "with great dismay", the university said yesterday. The video was made last October.

Dean of student affairs Rudi Buys had suspended the student head of the hostel, Chris Nthakeni.

Disciplinary measures were also started against the residence head for his alleged involvement.

The university was convinced the event was not a case of black students acting against white students as black members of the residence committee underwent the same initiation.

The Freedom Front Plus Youth at the university condemned the university's handling of the matter, given its past "extreme" reactions to such cases. "[It] shows double standards," FF Plus Youth spokesman Wouter Wessels said.

Wessels said rector Jonathan Jansen had warned that action would be taken against students who took part in initiations, and wanted to know why steps were "secretly" taken against Nthakeni.

In the case of the Reitz video, the students were immediately expelled and the hostel closed. Wessels said that last year the Armentum hostel's entire residence committee was expelled following initiations. Also last year, a Karee residence student was expelled.

Wessels called for the Villa Bravado students who took part in initiations, its residence committee and residence head to be punished.

Jansen said he hoped this case was the last of initiations. "The UFS clearly and regularly communicates to students that initiation is strictly forbidden."