Durban - A University of KwaZulu-Natal student leader on Monday claimed that student protests were being hijacked and admitted that some of those taking part in the protests were not even students.
Sphelele Nguse, the student representative council leader for the university’s Pietermaritzburg campus said that the struggle for free education was in danger of losing its moral high ground because of acts of vandalism that have characterised the protest action.
Nguse’s comments followed the burning of the William O’Brian residence on the Pietermaritzburg residence earlier on Monday morning.
“Our struggle is getting hijacked by negative elements that simply do not have the interest of students at heart. No student who values education can burn university infrastructure when that same facility will be needed in future,” said Nguse.
