MEC Schäfer accused of 'playing race card' in gaffe over student's UCT admission 14 March 2021 12:29 PM Share This: Education MEC Debbie Schäfer has been accused of race-baiting after peddling incorrect claims that a top matric pupil was rejected by UCT. On Saturday, MEC Schäfer tweeted misleading information about a matric 2020 top achiever who appeared to have been rejected by the University of Cape Town (UCT). The tweet elicited a string of negative comments about transformation, BEE, and race quotas. However, UCT has issued a statement correcting false claims that the student was not accepted. According to the university, the student declined UCT's acceptance offer last month.