ANOTHER urination scandal rocks Stellenbosch University

Less than a week after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) announced it was laying charges against former Stellenbosch University student Theuns Du Toit for urinating on his roommate’s belongings, it has now emerged that two other black students from the institution were targeted in a similar incident.

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MEETING OVER SECOND URINATION SCANDAL AT STELLENBOSCH

According to Weekend Argus, a first-year white student from Stellenbosch University urinated on the belongongs of two black students, including their clothes, in the early hours of Saturday morning, 22 October 2022. The incident reportedly occurred at the men’s residence Eendrag at the university.

“The boy (culprit) supposedly decided to leave on his own accord from the res and that’s why the house father didn’t suspend him,” a source is quoted as having told Weekend Argus.

An emergency meeting was reportedly called, in the wake of the incident, but it isn’t clear what the outcome was.

The university’s spokesperson Martin Viljoen is quoted as having said: “The management of Stellenbosch University (SU) has reiterated its deep concern regarding the irresponsible use of alcohol on and around its campuses after learning of another urination incident involving a severely intoxicated student at a residence on the Stellenbosch Campus.”

Theuns Du Toit faces charges of malicious damage to property and crimen injuria after he was filmed urinating on the belongings of Babalo Ndwayana, his roommate at the Huis Marais residence in May. Du Toit was suspended shortly after the incident, which made headlines and put the university in the spotlight. Eventually, he was found guilty of breaking the university’s Disciplinary Code for students after a drawn-out disciplinary process.