Students at Amajuba TVET College in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal attacked minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande.
Students at Amajuba TVET College in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, expressed their frustration over not receiving their funds from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme by pelting Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande’s convoy with stones as he arrived at the college.Minister Blade Nzimande’s convoy was stoned by angry students who believed he corruptly benefitted from the NSFAS funds.
Nzimande has refuted allegations of benefiting corruptly from the funds, dismissing them as part of a witch-hunt against him., 14 students were arrested, and police dispersed the protesters, with some students later treated in hospital for injuries from rubber bullets. “Madadeni police have arrested 14 suspects aged between 19 and 28 for public violence. They appeared on Monday in the Madadeni Magistrate’s Court. On Friday, 5 April, a group of students allegedly stopped the Minister of Higher Education from entering the college.”The college’s communications unit did not respond to a comment request before this article was published.
They squarely blame controversial companies appointed as middlemen to administer NSFAS on behalf of the government.
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