A White Namibian Teacher, Corien Steenkamp Has Been Suspended Over Racial Slurs

A Hillside Christian College teacher at Walvis Bay, Corien Steenkamp; was suspended after she posted racist remarks on social media over the weekend.

She had participated in a conversation around the recent incident in which two white suspects; and three black suspects, were implicated in the alleged murder of a 43-year-old Zimbabwean street vendor; at the Savemore Etemba Plaza Supermarket in Otjiwarango.

Amongst her comment, Steenkamp claimed; “… civilisation is not made for blacks and the Bible is not written for blacks, lets that sink into your written smelly mouth; go back to the bush and eat your rotten food like your forefathers,” (sic), and; “… civilisation is not made for a black man, that’s why the infrastructure collapse in the last 30 years,”(sic).

However, Hillside Christian College issued a statement on Monday in which it distanced itself from Corien Steenkamp.

“This institute condemns any utterances placing any race, colour, or people group at a higher or lower level; or position and want to distance ourself from such hate speech.

“We believe and teach that we are all created equal before God,” the statement read; adding that the school and its legal advisers are currently dealing with the situation.

Also, The Namibian tried to contact Steenkamp, but her profile seems to have been either removed from Facebook, or changed.

Furthermore, Attempts were also made to get her details from the school principal, Wilma de Sousa, but that also failed.