FURORE OVER ANTI-GAY COMMENT AT STELLENBOSCH VARSITY
One of the heads of a residence at Stellenbosch University, near Cape Town, is under fire for allegedly making an anti-gay comment to first year students.
According to The Times, Michiel Engelbrecht, house committee member of the male residence Dagbreek, told fellow students that he “was not a supporter of gays”.
The comment was made during a talk on sex and sexuality by the student group MOJO, which aims to “create a culture of critical thinking, awareness and tolerance” on campus.
Engelbrecht’s anti-gay comment was reported to have been met with applause.
MOJO has laid a complaint against Engelbrecht, stating that his comments were likely to influence the impressionable first year students.
“An impressionable young man, new to an environment and institution, sees his house committee (HK) members as agents of the university. They idolise the HK members as an emblem of what it means to be a ‘Matie’,” reads the complaint.
Engelbrecht says that his comment was taken out of context.
MOJO claims that its being “pressured from many angles to drop the complaint”. The university told The Times that it is investigating the complaint.
Not all Matie residences are like this… just to keep the balance… I was vice-head of my house, and when i came out… well, apart from it being a bit of a traumatic experience for me, i didnt have any of this kind of nonsense to deal with. The guys in my res were mostly all fine with it, and where some of them had issues … well, we had dialogues. we talked. we debated. and still, i showered with them. by the end of the year, most of the guys were upset that i didnt take a guy to the last formal housedance of the year… people’s perceptions can be changed. but only if there is space for dialogue, debate, compassion and some kind of understanding.
dont let one person’s comment defile an institution.
I agree with you Matie..that was his personal issues..Not the Varsity..
He is in his right to not be a supporter of gays. However, considering his position in the HK, he cannot choose who he will support. If you’re a matie, you’re a matie, whether your’e straight or gay or the house pet mascot.
Well there you have it. Not to generalise, but there goes that Clandestine Afrikaans upbringing again, rearing its head in a public place. A product of that upbringing. He’s father was probably sucking cock behind the rugby stadium.
No mercy with homofobos in our universities…..they should be kick out of our institutions. Just change the word gay by black and you can tell me! What it could happens….. It is homophobia and finish
If I am paying for my studies and abiding by the rules of the institution then I am entitled to the full support of the institution. What has my Private sexuality got to do with my studies? Why do governments, institutions and organised religion find it necessary to fiddle in people’s private lives?????
we need a gene eradication program. I think the entire human race should be wiped out.
and I’m not a supporter of ridiculous straight narrow minded afrikaans men! get a f*cking culture!
This is a desperate cry from our farm boy Michiel for someone to suck his boerewors and then some more!!!
dick head
Thanks for spending time on the computer (writing) so othres don’t have to.
HE IS CLEARLY DEALING WITH HIS OWN EMOTIONS HERE, MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE ANTI GAY ARE ACTUALLY CC’S ( CLOSET CASES) THEY TEND TO BULLY GAY PEOPLE AS THEY ARE DEALING WITH THEIR OWN EMOTIONAL STATE.
DESPITE OF THIS MAYBE MORE SOUTH AFRICAN’S OR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SHOULD CONSIDER STUDYING ELSE WHERE IF THE UNIVERSITY TAKES THIS LIGHTLY WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO GO STUDY THERE AND BE BULLIED!
IF NOTHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS THEY ARE ALLOWING HIM TO GET AWAY WITH THIS.
UCT HAS THE RAINBOW PROGRAM THAT IS THERE TO SUPPORT THEIR GAY STUDENTS , NONE OF THIS WOULD BE ALLOWED AT THE UNIVERSITY.
MAYBE WE SHOULD START TAKING HETEROSEXUALS RIGHTS AWAY AND SEE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THAT!
MILLIONS OF YOUTH COMMIT SUICIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING BULLIED THIS IS A TOTAL INSULT TO STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY , DEFINITELY MAKES ME WANT TO RE THINK ABOUT STUDYING THERE OR EVEN SUPPORTING THE “MATIES” COMMUNITY.
STELLENBOSCH STUDENTS SHOULD STAND UP AGAINST THIS AND NOT ALLOW ANY OF THIS TO TAKE PLACE!!!!!