University of Stellenbosch – Khampepe report based on Wokeness and undefined transformation
13 November 2022
The Afrikanerbond has taken note of the report on the findings of former judge Sisi Khampepe's commission of inquiry into allegations of racism at the University of Stellenbosch.
It disappoints that the report fails to engage on a factual basis with the allegations, with findings being made accordingly. Instead, it becomes a protest against Afrikaans, white people and Afrikaners. All of this takes place within the framework of a curiously conceived of transformation agenda –– while, as a former judge in the constitutional court, former judge Khampepe would know that transformation is not mentioned even once, nor is it defined, in the South African constitution. This newly conceived of ideological device has at best become a tool that lends itself to each and every hidden agenda.
In the judge's introduction to the report, three definitions of transformation are employed, each of which is crafted to support the university's ultimate objective. These are the 'transformation agenda', which refers to the university's aim to promote transformation and eradicate racism and discrimination; the 'transformation apparatus', which refers to university documentation and also staff and offices being expected to promote this agenda; and the 'transformation journey', which refers to the university's ultimate goal, namely to become an inclusive, diverse and transformed SA university.
On closer inspection, however, it becomes apparent that the latter objective contains no mention of any attempt to accommodate diverse groups in the 'transformed university'. Instead, diversity becomes a scapegoat that is sacrificed in the pursuance of one-sided so-called ‘inclusivity’ and ‘transformation’. Under this approach, Afrikaans is regarded as being exclusive, and transformation becomes nothing more than the replacement of white with black and Afrikaans with English