MEC Schäfer accused of playing race card in gaffe over student s UCT admission
14 March 2021 12:29 PM
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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.