Cape Town waitress Ashleigh Schultz was refused a tip by Rhodes student (Picture: Facebook/Ashleigh Schultz)

A black Oxford student has been branded a ‘racist bully’ after he refused to tip a waitress for being white.

Ashleigh Schultz, 24, was reduced to tears when Ntokozo Qwabe wrote on his bill, ‘We will give tip when you return the land’ at a restaurant in Cape Town.

Qwabe later bragged on Facebook that he, and a friend, made the woman cry ‘typical white tears’, leaving him ‘unable to stop smiling because something so black and wonderful had happened’.

He wrote: ‘She sees the note and starts shaking. It is irrelevant whether you personally have land/wealth or you don’t. Go to your fellow white people and mobilise for them to give us the land back.’




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Ntokozo Qwabe said he started to laugh when he saw the waitress burst into tears (Picture: REX/Shuttlestock)

The student is a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University, where he receives money from the Rhodes estate to study.

The incident at Obz Cafe in the Western Cape, South Africa, last week, has since sparked fury online.

People have condemned the man, a Rhodes scholar, labelling him an ‘idiot and ‘intolerant’.

So the young lady that was humiliated by Qwabe was actually working to raise money for her mom who has cancer. Oxford man with ZERO EQ?? — Kieno Kammies (@KienoKammies) April 30, 2016

What Ntokozo Qwabe didn't factor in with his 'protest' is that he can never trust a meal in a restaurant again…….. — Grumpy Old Man (@AngeloZack) April 30, 2016

So Ntokozo Qwabe studies at @UniofOxford, isn't that hypocrisy on his part? Didn't he accept a Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford? — Tommie du Preez (@Burgermeester) April 29, 2016

Ntokozo Qwabe, what a arrogant racist!!! Do we need people like this in our society? — Hubert Paulse (@HPaulse) April 29, 2016

On social media, close friends of Schultz said the waitress has been going through a ‘tough time’ after her mother was diagnosed with cancer.

In a bid to raise her spirit, online campaigners have decided to ‘tip the waitress’ and have collected more than £2,000.

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The Cape Town waitress is said to be going through a ‘tough time’ after her mum was diagnosed with cancer (Picture: Facebook/Ashleigh Schultz)

Sihle Ngobese was so outraged by Schultz’s story he decided to pay the tip himself.

He posted: ‘Qwabe is someone that claims to speak to the downtrodden and the disenfranchised yet he has the audacity to bully a working-class young woman.

‘I just wanted to make a small gesture to show South Africans that if we love and respect each other it makes our country great.’

The student is currently leading a campaign to remove a Cecil Rhodes statue at Oxford.

To tip the waitress, go to the gofundme page here

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