Students protest over fees

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Durban - About 100 students were protesting against an increase in tuition fees outside Mangosuthu University of Technology at Umlazi in Durban on Tuesday, the student representative council said.

Students were protesting outside the university demanding that management decrease its 8.5% increment for 2010.

“If management does not meet with our demands we will go on a full strike,” SRC president Dumo Ntwinkala said.

“Fees continue to increase over the years with the promise of renovations and accommodation, but nothing is being done. We want management to hear and accept our grievances,” he said.

http://www.news24.com/Content/South...d/12-01-2010-02-10/Students_protest_over_fees

yes striking is the only answer

Gibbs me dat!!

seems that Africans in general seem to have the mentality of children - if I dont get my way I will throw a tantrum, they are supposedly learned people who should be able to apply reasoning ... or am I mistaken?

eish! our next anc elected government officials are really going to improve the lot of future generations.

 

[Morgoth]

Die Afrikaan gun die ander nie die son wat daar bo skyn nie!

 

[Fudzy]

“Fees continue to increase over the years with the promise of renovations and accommodation, but nothing is being done. We want management to hear and accept our grievances,” he said.

I guess it's only because they are black you have a problem with them complaining about misappropriated funds?

 

[DreamKing]

I guess it's only because they are black you have a problem with them complaining about misappropriated funds?

how do you know they are BLACK?

 

[Fudzy]

how do you know they are BLACK?

I've been to the tech a number of times, I would say its 95% black, maybe 4% coloured and 1% indian.

 

[porn$tar]

The fee increase is to pay for the stuff they broke during the last strike. One step forward two steps back...

 

[Blah!Blah!]

I guess it's only because they are black you have a problem with them complaining about misappropriated funds?

nope even though it does seem the only way that they know how to reason, soon there will be striking, looting and destruction of property that the tax payer must pay for.

When my children's school fees go up, I don't go strike outside the principals office and demand that they change it, I make a plan and pay.

Surely grants, payment plans etc. must be in-place? but it is threats first as the only logical way.

If you cannot afford it, make alternative plans to get a education.

Now when they finish studying and enter the "real world" do you think that they will except striking employees ( if they ever get to management level) ?

 

[Jozi101]

http://www.news24.com/Content/South...d/12-01-2010-02-10/Students_protest_over_fees



seems that Africans in general seem to have the mentality of children - if I dont get my way I will throw a tantrum, they are supposedly learned people who should be able to apply reasoning ... or am I mistaken?

Since you people wanna be called africans now, i guess you're including yourself in that statement. Anyways, how do you propose they tackle this then, since striking is for children?

 

[Albereth]

Wouldn't it be a whole lot more efficient if all the protesters went straight to the government and demanded that inflation be set at 0%. That way any increase in fees should be matched with a spend on renovations and accommodation.

Or is there a flaw in that idea?

Serious question - how do students go on strike? I'd understand a boycott. But a strike? What happens? The local grill house suddenly has no waiters? News 24 has no reporters?

 

[Nod]

Anyways, how do you propose they tackle this then, since striking is for children?

How about:
- Formulating a reason why the increase is unfair.
- Propose a solution to make funds to match rising costs
- Propose how students that really can't pay the increase, could be subsidised in some way.

But then, ransacking the place is easier ... :erm:

 

[Albereth]

Since you people wanna be called africans now, i guess you're including yourself in that statement. Anyways, how do you propose they tackle this then, since striking is for children?

He never said that striking is for children. He said that Africans have the mentality of children.

 

[Fudzy]

nope even though it does seem the only way that they know how to reason, soon there will be striking, looting and destruction of property that the tax payer must pay for.

When my children's school fees go up, I don't go strike outside the principals office and demand that they change it, I make a plan and pay.

What would you do if that said principal was now driving a smart car and the school was going to ruins?

Now when they finish studying and enter the "real world" do you think that they will except striking employees ( if they ever get to management level) ?

I'm pretty sure you mean accept striking employees?

except - Prevent from being included or considered or accepted

accept - Tolerate or accommodate oneself to

 

[DreamKing]

I've been to the tech a number of times, I would say its 95% black, maybe 4% coloured and 1% indian.

so why they can't be Coloured or indian ....

why they must be BLACK? Doesn't make sense for me ..........

or you already assumed ONLY black will protest against fees?

(I cannot see "BLACK students are protesting" in the news)

 

[Blah!Blah!]

How about:
- Formulating a reason why the increase is unfair.
- Propose a solution to make funds to match rising costs
- Propose how students that really can pay the increase, could be subsidised in some way.

But then, ransacking the place is easier ... :erm:

+1

 

[Fudzy]

How about:
- Formulating a reason why the increase is unfair.
- Propose a solution to make funds to match rising costs
- Propose how students that really can pay the increase, could be subsidised in some way.

But then, ransacking the place is easier ... :erm:

That's not the case here though, if they were complaining about having to pay for repeating a year that they squandered and then followed to trash the place I'd say bring out the teargas and rubber bullets. The issue here is that the cost of schooling is going up and nobody but management seem to be benefitting, they have as much of a case as someone moaning about government spending money on expensive cars.

 

[Blah!Blah!]

What would you do if that said principal was now driving a smart car and the school was going to ruins?

complain to dept. of education, go lay a charge at the police dept. or say fusk that and find another place to study.

Have you ever seen a peaceful strike?

I'm pretty sure you mean accept striking employees?

except - Prevent from being included or considered or accepted

accept - Tolerate or accommodate oneself to

yeah that one

 

[Fudzy]

so why they can't be Coloured or indian ....

why they must be BLACK? Doesn't make sense for me ..........

or you already assumed ONLY black will protest against fees?

(I cannot see "BLACK students are protesting" in the news)

Sorry I should have said students of colour just the OP brings all the stories in the same light an some ex members like NoADSLyet etc etc

 

[capd]

When my children's school fees go up, I don't go strike outside the principals office and demand that they change it, I make a plan and pay.

Your children are luckier than others.

 

[dlk001]

That's not the case here though, if they were complaining about having to pay for repeating a year that they squandered and then followed to trash the place I'd say bring out the teargas and rubber bullets. The issue here is that the cost of schooling is going up and nobody but management seem to be benefitting, they have as much of a case as someone moaning about government spending money on expensive cars.

And judging from the Wits experience, I'd say management tends to increase fees with little consideration and communication to affected parties.

 

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Sorry I should have said students of colour just the OP brings all the stories in the same light an some ex members like NoADSLyet etc etc

who strikes?

who always resorts to striking if they don't get their way?

fusk man it is not some random event, it is the norm, and the tax payer gets fusked over every time - and since I am one of the tax payers I can think of better things to do with it, than fix destroyed property.

lets follow this story and see how much this "strike" will end up costing, I bet more than the increase to the 100 protesters.

this is the real world, and no it ain't fair ... nobody owes anybody sh*t.

how many strikes did we have in 2009, and what did it cost the economy?

Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to perform work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became important during the industrial revolution, when mass labour became important in factories and mines. In most countries, they were quickly made illegal, as factory owners had far more political power than workers. Most western countries partially legalized striking in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.

Strikes are sometimes used to put pressure on governments to change policies. Occasionally, strikes destabilise the rule of a particular political party.