Dlamini removed from Wits SRC

Mcebo Dlamini is now the former Wits SRC president following the comments he made of his admiration for Adolf Hitler on Facebook recently. He is not even a member of the Students’ Representative Council anymore.

According to a statement released by the University of the Witwatersrand by the Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Adam Habib, it stated, “As of today, Mr Mcebo Dlamini is no longer President or a member of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC). In February 2015, Mr Dlamini was found guilty of misconduct by a disciplinary panel and given a sentence of, inter alia, one year suspended exclusion in respect of each charge against him. In terms of the SRC Constitution, a member of the SRC ceases to be a member if s/he is found guilty of misconduct by a Student Disciplinary Committee. The SRC member may appeal against his/her removal.”

Habib concluded his statement by saying, “I have deliberately chosen to reflect on my reasons for withdrawing the decision that enabled Mr Dlamini to remain in the SRC, as well as his recent general conduct, because of our collective commitment to transparency. I believe that we cannot demand this of government and others if we are not prepared to live by this code in our own institutions.”

View some of the reactions on twitter below:

https://twitter.com/SACNSNew/status/595270782726594560

https://twitter.com/siyanyezi/status/595271106187104257

What are similarity between Mcebo Dlamini and Vavi. Both thought only voters can remove them from elected posts. pic.twitter.com/z6vrzpfjWt

— Abuti Josef🇿🇦 (@AbutiJosef) May 4, 2015

Haha phumu'batshele /. "@TrendyBongz: Mcebo Dlamini this, Mcebo Dlamini that, don't yall have semester tests to prepare for?"

— Boipelo Ncalo (@BoiPorsh) May 4, 2015

https://twitter.com/Thu_ways/status/595276771177672704

I remember the story of a Wits student who claimed to be a Sisulu kante it was this Mcebo Dlamini. Ke tring-tring mos ngwana o.

— Mpho. (@mphodirero_) May 4, 2015

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