Pretoria, 19 Aug-(ANA)-Four white former university students in South Africa who allegedly forced black campus employees to eat food soaked in urine are going on trial.
They face criminal charges after a video of the incident surfaced in 2008.
The footage also showed the ex-students instructing five elderly workers to drink beer and perform athletic tasks.
Reporters say a national outcry at the time put the University of Free State, which has predominantly white students, at the centre of a racial storm.
Last year, lawyers for two of the students reportedly said the video was "no more than play-acting".
The video is believed to have been recorded in protest against the university's plans to integrate black and white students in the same residences.
Correspondents say the university has encountered difficulties trying to integrate people from other racial groups.
At the time the footage emerged, the institution's rector, Professor Frederick Fourie, expressed shock at the video and strongly condemned it.
Black students and workers at the university staged protests calling for the students' expulsion. (ANA)
South Africa/Crypto