“The SRC has failed us because not one of them is here.”
they were protesting against the exclusion of 3,000 students over unpaid registration fees at both the Alice and East London campuses.One balaclava-clad student shouted “manyoronyoro ndini” [traitors] at police after they dispersed a group of students.Eleven protesters on the campus were arrested by police on Wednesday afternoon on charges of pelting motorists and police with stones, as well as damaging property.
The arrests came “after several attempts were made by the police to advise students to refrain from resorting to violent means to pursue their grievances,” said the police's Brig T Kinana in a statement. “Instead, the angry protesters advanced towards the security at the gate in defiance of the order that they remain inside the campus.
University management said in a statement it was forced to suspend academic activity and release staff at its Alice campus on Tuesday “due to violent student protests which included chasing staff out of their offices, thus leading to a complete disruption of campus operations.”Some students, however, have been financially excluded from the university because of historical debt and do not meet the criteria of the national department of higher education, the institution said.
“Management has continuously engaged with such students and a number of concessions in this regard have been made.”
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