Students Face Disciplinary Action After Taking Pics Mocking Maids In South Africa

Two university students are facing disciplinary action after taking photos of themselves dressed up as black South African maids.

The girls, who are studying at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, smeared their faces with brown paint and shoved pillows down their skirts in a bid to make their bottoms look bigger.

They then struck a number of poses for the camera, before the images were uploaded to the social-networking site Facebook.

 Under fire: Two university students are facing disciplinary action after taking photos of themselves as South African maids. Above, the girls are pictured sporting brown face paint and pillows shoved down their skirts

Now, the university in Pretoria, Gauteng Province, is carrying out disciplinary action against the students, who dressed up in the outfits for a friend's party.

The photos, which have since been deleted from Facebook, show the girls posing in a bedroom while donning clothing typically associated with domestic workers.

She told Eyewitness News the students would be punished for bringing the university's name into disrepute - despite the photos having been taken at a private event. 

One Twitter user wrote: 'If I showed that picture to my domestic worker, she would be reduced to tears and would feel belittled and small.