{"id":10755,"date":"2025-06-13T12:51:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/?p=10755"},"modified":"2025-06-13T12:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:51:24","slug":"nwu-managements-silence-on-kill-the-boer-chant-is-worrying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/nwu-managements-silence-on-kill-the-boer-chant-is-worrying\/","title":{"rendered":"NWU management\u2019s silence on \u201cKill the Boer\u201d chant is worrying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yvonne-Gerber_English.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Soundbite: Yvonne Gerber (English)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yvonne-Gerber_Afrikaans.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Klankgreep: Yvonne Gerber (Afrikaans)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The North-West University\u2019s (NWU) handling of the recent singing of the \u201cKill the Boer\u201d chant on the Potchefstroom campus is extremely worrying, according to AfriForum Youth. A meeting that was scheduled to take place today with NWU representatives about the singing of this chant has once again been postponed at short notice. This is the second time that the University has postponed the meeting they requested with AfriForum Youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coupled with the NWU\u2019s failure to publicly condemn the singing of the \u201cKill the Boer\u201d chant, this latest postponement sends a clear message that the University has no intention of taking students\u2019 concerns about the chant seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, AfriForum Youth sent a formal letter to the vice-chancellor of the NWU requesting that the University condemn the singing of this chant in public and ban it on the University\u2019s campuses. A week later, AfriForum Youth has not even received an acknowledgement of receipt of this letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe NWU has no defense against the fact that it has been contemplating for a week whether to condemn the singing of \u201cKill the Boer\u201d. Students must be able to further their studies in an environment where their safety is respected and their fears are heard. The NWU should not shy away from responsible and moral action against the singing of this chant,\u201d says Yvonne Gerber, Youth Officer for Development of AfriForum Youth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, AfriForum Youth has launched a petition in which thousands of students have already expressed their opposition to the singing of this chant. AfriForum Youth calls on the public to sign this <a href=\"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/puk-studente-word-gedreig-deur-die-kill-the-boer-lied-op-kampus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">petition<\/a> in order to promote a safe and inclusive academic environment for all on NWU campuses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soundbite: Yvonne Gerber (English) Klankgreep: Yvonne Gerber (Afrikaans) The North-West University\u2019s (NWU) handling of the recent singing of the \u201cKill the Boer\u201d chant on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":10708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[465],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-statements"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":465,"label":"Media statements"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kill-the-Boer-Potchefstroom-1024x682.jpg",1024,682,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"meganswart","author_link":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/author\/meganswart\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":465,"name":"Media statements","slug":"media-statements","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":465,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":222,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":465,"category_count":222,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Media statements","category_nicename":"media-statements","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"fimg_url":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kill-the-Boer-Potchefstroom-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10758,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10755\/revisions\/10758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriforumjeug.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}