AfriForum Youth appeals to Stellenbosch University (SU) not to throw Jolene le Roux to the wolves and to urgently intervene to put an end to the unlawful conduct of relevant subordinate structures of SU against her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, this Pro-Afrikaans candidate\u2019s relief when she was elected to SU\u2019s Students\u2019 Representative Council (SRC) for 2024\/2025 was short-lived. After SU\u2019s Election Commission (EC) dismissed all complaints against Le Roux in this year\u2019s SRC election, the nine provisional SRC candidates \u2013 which includes Le Roux \u2013 were officially announced on 5 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, shortly after the announcement of the provisional SRC candidates, Le Roux was informed that an application against her election and aspects of her campaign was brought to SU\u2019s Student Court. However, this is not the first time that Le Roux\u2019s election campaign is under the magnifying glass. About a month ago, she was accused of receiving funding from a third party to promote her election campaign and that a post made on AfriForum Youth\u2019s Instagram page endangered the \u201cintegrity of the election process\u201d and gave her an \u201cunfair advantage\u201d. This even though the post in question made no reference to her as an SRC candidate. The Student Court dismissed the case because the EC was unable to provide sufficient evidence to prove their case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a lawyer\u2019s letter from AfriForum Youth\u2019s legal team on 20 September to Prof. Wim de Villiers, the SU rector, Le Roux is a victim to continuous vexatious and superfluous proceedings brought by parties for almost a month \u2013 to the extent that the multiple actions against her amounts to harassment and victimisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cThe vexatious proceedings against her are now taking their toll on her. Our client is suffering severe prejudice because of the ongoing actions against her under the name and style of official structures of the university and the management of the university which simply refuses to intervene,\u201d says Wian Spies, AfriForum Youth’s legal representative.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cWhile she should rather focus on her studies, she is busy defending various unfounded complaints against her. Furthermore, she must also pay attention to her new role as a member of the SRC.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
If SU does not intervene in the relevant structures\u2019 actions against Le Roux, AfriForum Youth will turn to the High Court to obtain an interdict to stop the unlawful conduct, which in essence amounts to victimisation and harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SU has until 27 September to respond to AfriForum Youth\u2019s letter with solutions and\/or proposals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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