Stellenbosch University vs Theuns du Toit: Lawfare retards antiracism project

Immersive, experiential methodologies, not legal and quasi-legal processes, are needed to tackle racism in our institutions

27 July 2022 - 13:18

Is Theuns du Toit a drunk who lacked control of his bodily functions and urinated on a fellow student’s property? Or is he a white student who intentionally urinated on a black student’s property, motivated by racial superiority? The answers, yet to be settled with finality in various appeal forums, will either reduce Du Toit’s shame or mark him as a racist, haunting him for decades...

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