The CPUT community joined the government in condemning the recent spate of violence perpetrated against foreign nationals.
It started with a strongly-worded statement from the Vice-Chancellor to all staff and students explaining that CPUT was against the violence and hinting at research opportunities that the university may explore to unearth its causes.
Staff and students in the Department of Office Management and Technology also expressed their outrage against the recent violent attacks on foreign nationals by demonstrating on the Cape Town Campus and student societies also published similar messages.
According to senior lecturer, Mandie Richards, the demonstration was the product of robust debates in her Diversity Management 1 class where the students first condemned the attacks.
Addressing the demonstration, Richards spoke about how we have to work together as one so that all people are treated with respect, regardless of race, culture or country of origin.
Students chanted various anti-xenophobic slogans and observed a minute of silence for all the victims and their families before singing the National Anthem.
Student societies which published messages in support of this campaign include the Association of International Students, Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania, the Central SRC and Cameroon Football Club.
