‘Gas All Jews,’ swastika drawn on South African campus message boards

The University of Pretoria in South Africa condemns hate speech after “Gas All Jews” and swastikas are found drawn on campus message boards.

The South African Jewish Board of Deputies umbrella organization contacts the university’s vice chancellor to express its concern about the graffiti on message boards in the humanities building.

“The University of Pretoria condemns any form of discrimination and hate speech and will not hesitate to act against anyone found guilty of this type of behavior,” the university says in a statement. “When the University became aware of a notice board that was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti on its Hatfield campus, we immediately removed it and notified campus security to investigate the incident.”

The board praises the university for the “swift removal” of the offensive boards as soon as the graffiti was reported by the South African Union of Jewish Students.