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Students face action after ‘blackface’

Pretoria – Two University of Pretoria students will face disciplinary action after a photo of the two dressed up as black domestic workers went viral.

The photo shows the two women covered in brown paint, wearing scarves over their heads and with pillows stuffed into their skirts to make their buttocks look bigger.

The pictures were taken at a private party but the university told Eyewitness News that disciplinary action will be instituted against the students because they allegedly brought the institution’s name into disrepute.

The photos were posted on Facebook but were soon removed.

The incident comes just days after the SA Human Rights Commission said that there had been a spike in racism related incidents, particularly at universities around the country…

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