The management of the University of the Free State (UFS) is expected to hold meetings with students over the use of the term "Kovsies".

University spokesperson Lacea Loader said they have become aware of a statement made by the Student Representative Council (SRC) rejecting the use of the term.

READ: University of the Free State SRC calls for removal of term 'Kovsies'

On 25 June, SRC president Katleho Lechoo posted a letter addressed to LenkaBula on social media, detailing that they want the word "Kosvies" to be abolished because the name is exclusionary and oppressive.

[I]t was during the use of this name that the university practiced racial discrimination, with black, coloured and Indian academically deserving students not welcomed in the university.

It added that the name Kovsies should have been removed in 2001, with the university's name change, saying the continued use of the term is similar to using an apartheid flag and was exclusionary to students.