'Blackface' students kicked out of campus residence

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 Two white students, photographed in domestic worker outfits and smeared with black paint, have been kicked out of their campus residence at the University of Pretoria.

UP spokesperson, Nicolize Mulder says they were expelled from the residence but not from university.

They are accused of bringing the name of the university into disrepute.

The students' actions were considered racist by many people who had commented on social networks with the hashtag blackface.

Mulder says the matter is pending further investigation and a disciplinary process.

She said the picture was taken at a private 21st birthday party, but because they were students at the institution, an investigation was launched.