DUT student shot dead

From someone who was on campus at the time ( lecturer ), it's quite hectic with a lot of intimidation of staff. They managed to get out while this was going on and the campus was shutdown but its was very very hairy for a while.
 
DUT hired hitmen to kill students, says EFF Student Command

The EFF Student Command (EFFSC) has accused the Durban University of Technology (DUT) of being behind the killing of a student who died after being shot during a violent protest on Tuesday.

EFFSC member Mlungisi Madonsela from Jozini in northern KwaZulu-Natal who was a final-year student at DUT was shot allegedly by a security guard at the Steve Biko campus on Tuesday afternoon. He later died in hospital.

At a hastily convened media briefing outside campus on Wednesday morning, SRC president Sesiyande Godlimpi accused DUT of hiring izinkabi (hitmen) to "kill innocent fighters and ordinary students for demanding what rightfully belongs to them which is free education".

Expressing condolences to Madonsela's family, Godlimpi said: "He died a painful death yet revolutionary death. At this time we share the pain of Madonsela's family in spirit, emotionally and physically."
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Claiming innocence when there is footage of them being aggressive as well as members quoted as saying they are willing to engage in violence.

The EFF is out of control, from the fascists causing chaos in parliament to the kids running amok on university campuses.
 
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Scuffle as EFF students disrupt Sasco briefing, assault media at DUT

A media briefing by the ANC-aligned SA Students Congress (Sasco) to address the volatile situation at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) was disrupted a few minutes after it had started.

A few members of the EFF Student Command (EFFSC) left the rest of their group, who were singing and toyi-toying on the road near the DUT's Steve Biko campus, a few metres from where Sasco was having its media briefing.

One of them ripped apart a speech Sasco provincial chair, Mqondisi Duma, was reading. They asked Sasco members what they were doing there and if they knew Mlungisi Madonsela - the student who died after being shot on campus.

The unruly members then pushed TV cameras away and hurled insults at journalists. One of them, who appeared drunk and with a glass in hand, tried to assault a photographer who was busy taking pictures and then smashed the phone of another photographer.

It was only through the intervention of the police that the situation was brought under control.
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Free education, so you can save your money for booze.
 
And we're still calling them protesters and not rioters.

MPs to summon private security firms over DUT student's death

The use of force to control protesting students must stop, education committee chair Connie September said on Wednesday.

MPs in the parliamentary portfolio committee on higher education and training condemned the death of a student at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) on Tuesday. The student died in hospital. It is unclear how he was shot, as he was in the middle of clashes between rival groups of students and with private security.

Sending condolences to family and students who witnessed the shooting, September said in a statement that it was a tragedy to lose a student in this way.

"The committee calls for a thorough investigation into the cause of the death of the student, especially the use of live ammunition and who gave the order to shoot," she said.

"The private security regulatory body should also investigate improved methods of controlling students when they protest on campuses."
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The use of force to control protesting students must stop, education committee chair Connie September said on Wednesday
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So when these silly buggers turn violent security firms must just sit back and let them trash the place...?.:X3:
 
"The committee calls for a thorough investigation into the cause of the death of the student, especially the use of live ammunition and who gave the order to shoot," she said.
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I would imagine if your life is under immediate threat you don't need to wait for an order to shoot.
 
Security officials are allowed to carry guns on campus ‘for students’ safety’

The shooting and killing of a Durban University of Technology student by a member of the security staff on the institution’s premises has prompted the portfolio committee on higher education to call on the private security regulatory body to explore improved methods of controlling students when they protest on campuses.

Chairperson of the committee, Connie September, has also threatened to summon the private security companies before Parliament.

Mlungisi Madonsela’s tragic death on Tuesday came after ongoing protests by students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban University of Technology, Mangosuthu University of Technology and the University of Zululand.

The protests led to the shutdown of campuses after the National Student Financial Aid Scheme had failed to pay their allowances and as such students were unable to register.

September said that it was a tragedy to lose a student in this way and that the use of force to control protesting students must stop.

“The committee calls for a thorough investigation into the cause of the death of the student, especially the use of live ammunition and who gave the order to shoot. The private security regulatory body should also investigate improved methods of controlling students when they protest on campuses,” she said.

According to a Durban student who witnessed the shooting but did not want to be named for fear of victimisation by the institution, the man who shot and killed Madonsela usually carried three guns but had two on him on the day of the incident.

“The man who shot him works for the school, but I think he might be a supervisor of some sort because he doesn’t wear the same security uniform as the other guards,” he said.

According to the eyewitness, a disagreement between the university’s student leadership and the man in question was what led to the tragic incident.

“We were having our meeting to discuss the memorandum we had just delivered to the vice-chancellor of the university on Monday. The gentleman wanted to enter a building where the student representative council offices are – which we call Open House – and we asked him not to,” he said.

“He used pepper spray on some of us and that is when the group approached him. I then heard three shots and after a while I realised that Mlu [as he was affectionately known] had been shot. Some of the people we were with got him to City Hospital, but about 45 minutes later we got a call that he had died.”
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More at: https://city-press.news24.com/News/...y-guns-on-campus-for-students-safety-20190208
 
The use of force to control protesting students must stop, education committee chair Connie September said on Wednesday
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no. you twit.

the use of force by students must stop. stop facilitating their violent tantrums. they are rioting.

fire this person, holy ****.
 
#DUTshooting: Mlungisi Madonsela was shot in my defence, says DUT official


Durban - DURBAN University of Technology security guards acted in self-defence when student Mlungisi Mandonsela was shot and killed last week.

This was according to a security officer from XTLG T/A Excellent Security Services, the company hired by the university to protect students and staff.

The officer, who asked not to be named, said the protesting students hurled bricks and stones and would not back down, even after warning shots were fired.

Madonsela, 20, was a third-year business administration student from Jozini, north-east KwaZulu-Natal. He was buried at his family home in Msiyane on Thursday.

The officer said a group of about 20 students were throwing bricks and stones and one of them hit Mbali Ntoza, a DUT official, whose nasal bridge was fractured.

“This led to a random shooting by panicking security members who were cornered outside the Open House building. Mlu was hit by a stray bullet,” he said.
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More at : https://www.iol.co.za/sunday-tribun...shot-in-my-defence-says-dut-official-19348234
 
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ToxicBunny said:
So the deceased was rioting and a threat to people's lives... Pity the shot was random and not targeted...
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Problem with random shots is was the person killed one of those throwing bricks? If security guards are not watching their fire how do we know the dead person was actually a threat? No issue using force against violent protestors but do you think security guards who "shot randomly in a panic" could perhaps have hit an innocent person by mistake?

If it turns out that he was one of the violent ones then no issue but do you really think the average security guard fits the definition of well trained in combating violent riots?
 
NPA won't prosecute security guards over student's death in campus protest

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has declined to prosecute in the shooting incident of Durban University of Technology (DUT) student Mlungisi Madonsela.

Madonsela, a final-year public administration student, was shot outside the university's Steve Biko campus in February during clashes between students and private security guards. He died in hospital.

Police spokesperson Col Thembeka Mbele said that the docket was taken to the senior public prosecutor who did not want to prosecute.
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More at: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/so...guards-over-students-death-in-campus-protest/
 
Cray said:
Problem with random shots is was the person killed one of those throwing bricks? If security guards are not watching their fire how do we know the dead person was actually a threat? No issue using force against violent protestors but do you think security guards who "shot randomly in a panic" could perhaps have hit an innocent person by mistake?

If it turns out that he was one of the violent ones then no issue but do you really think the average security guard fits the definition of well trained in combating violent riots?
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What exactly was the "innocent person" doing at a riot ? Anybody with two brain cells knows to stay/run away from a riot scene or risk injury and death. Even more so when you are from South Africa. Glad to hear he won't be prosecuted. #LiveWithIt
 
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