The outraged family of Eastern Cape born Stellenbosch University student Babalo Ndwayana is pushing for criminal charges to be laid against a fellow student who urinated on his desk, laptop and other study material.
Ndwayana is a first-year agriculture student living in the Huis Marais residence and filmed a fellow student urinating on his belongings, in his dorm room, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
His father, Mkuseli Kaduka, who lives in East London, says his son's big heart is standing in the way of legal action being taken as he is reluctant to go that route.
Kaduka has since named and shamed the fellow first-year responsible for the incident on his personal Facebook page as Theuns du Toit.
His actions and the revelation of his name very quickly led to Theuns du Toit becoming the top-trending topic on Twitter in South Africa on Tuesday morning.
Stellenbosch University has since suspended Du Toit while they investigate the matter further and said they would also provide a laptop to Ndwayana to help him prepare for his upcoming exams.
Kaduka told AlgoaFM News that he had written two emails to Stellenbosch University with no response from them, as yet.
He said the only correspondence he had received was from the Huis Marais residence manager via SMS who updated him on his son's wellbeing amid the drama.
"I expected that the Institution would have reached out to me and that the family of the other boy would have reached out to me, then maybe we could have resolved this amicably," he said.
Kaduka added that they are pushing for Du Toit to be expelled.
He said his son had been unwillingly thrust into the spotlight and was currently overwhelmed by the public attention he was received following the incident.
“My son is willing to fight against systematic racism within Stellenbosch University,” said Kaduka.
Following the incident, students studying at Stellenbosch have also started a petition calling for the perpetrator to be expelled.
This petition has also been shared on Kaduka's Facebook page.
He said students had also told him that this is not an isolated incident but because his son captured this particular incident on his phone it cannot be swept under the rug.
In a lengthy statement issued by Stellenbosch University (SU) on Monday, it said expulsion and/or criminal charges are not excluded from the possible available options, based on the investigation's findings.
"Human dignity is non-negotiable and must be respected, upheld and restored when affected," read the statement.
SU said Ndwayana was offered counselling and would be supported as and when required to ensure his academic progress is not affected by the incident.
