University Protests 2016

konfab said:
Academic tutors are available in most courses during tutorial class. Whether they are used effectively or not is a different story.
I did two years of it, and 90% of the time it was students wanting me to hold their hand.
The students that did their homework and produced a list of specific questions were the ones that did well. The ones who didn't, well I took some delight in drawing a sad face on their tutorial test when they didn't bother writing anything other than their name.
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I cruised through my engineering degree, finished top of my class with first class honours.

I attended the absolute bare minimum of tutorials as defined by DP requirements and these were only the ones where I wasnt too sure of a certain topic.

Tutorials were key to success I believe. If you understood what was going on there, the rest fell into place.
 
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SA varsities on a knife’s edge

Cape Town - South Africa’s higher education system was standing at the edge of a precipice and could implode, Rhodes vice-chancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela has warned.

He and his Wits counterpart, Professor Adam Habib, said they were extremely worried, nervous and anxious about spill-over violence from UCT.

They were speaking on the sidelines of the parliamentary hearings on the Higher Education Amendment Bill where Habib had addressed the National Assembly’s higher education committee on behalf of 26 universities, saying the sector was “facing an incredibly difficult moment that could turn into a permanent crisis”.

Mabizela agreed.

“It’s going to imperil our higher education system if we don’t deal with it.

“There’s a real danger that our higher education system might just implode.

“Once it implodes, to rebuild it, will take generations. We are at a critical moment in history,” said Mabizela.

He said like UCT, Rhodes University was facing an accommodation crisis as a result of the zero percent fee increase this year.

Students who previously lived off campus, were wanting to return to Rhodes residences, which were now cheaper than living in student digs.
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More at:http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/sa-varsities-on-a-knifes-edge-1986272
 
No sympathy for the universities AT ALL. Hope they suffer, hope they close.
By allowing these animals (every animal except primates of course) to do what they have been doing, they have brought it upon themselves. Allowing people to burn paintings and cars and looting food....they have given the message that the students are in charge, and that what they are doing is ok.
So they must bear the consequences. Tough luck...you reap what you sow.
 
A bus was burnt at Wits last night and protests have started at Rhodes. The domino has already fallen.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Not an arrest, but a removal by private security, who were merely armed with what looked like paintball guns.
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To quote the link,

This is absolutely appalling, I am ashamed to call myself a member of UKZN, this should never ever happen anywhere. In UCT, whenever there is a strike the Vice Chancellor himself comes out and answers the issues that led students to protesting. It can never be accepted in a democratic South Africa that police try to do another 1960 Sharpville Masacre or 1976 Soweto Uprising on us.

Black Man you are on your own.
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Ai ai ai... also to take note, when was the last time that Price publically approached to address the protesters? And...

Struggle of being a UKZN Student
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They told the security guard that he is hiding under a white skin. Protesters being dramatic, attracting more and more entitlement.
 
I laughed at that video. Exactly the way these cretins deserve to be treated.
 
Wits SRC condemns torching of bus

JOHANNESBURG – The Wits University Student Representative Council (SRC) has strongly condemned the torching of one of the university's buses saying there are different avenues to express student frustrations

Last night, a bus transporting students was petrol bombed outside the Knockando residence in Parktown.

This follows a flare-up of protests at the University of Cape Town this week, during which a bus and paintings were set on fire.

All occupants managed to evacuate the vehicle with no injuries.

The Wits SRC's Fasiha Hassan says it appears two students threw petrol bombs at the bus.
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More at:http://ewn.co.za/2016/02/18/Wits-SRC-condemns-torching-of-bus
 
Fulcrum29 said:
To quote the link,



Ai ai ai... also to take note, when was the last time that Price publically approached to address the protesters? And...



They told the security guard that he is hiding under a white skin. Protesters being dramatic, attracting more and more entitlement.
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I didn't even bother reading the stuff.... knew it would be overly dramatic...

And to try compare this BS to Sharpville or the Soweto Uprising is an absolute insult in my opinion.
 
UWC classes go ahead, but security guards on alert after protests

ammy Petersen, News24

Cape Town - Classes were continuing at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) on Thursday, but security staff remained on high alert following protests earlier this week, the institution said.

This follows members of the UWC Fees Will Fall movement protesting on campus on Tuesday, in what it calls its anti-exclusion campaign.

The group demanded the abolition of registration fees, upfront payments and historical debt, while also calling for a resolution to the problem of residence shortfall, and that the privately-owned Kovacs residence rooms that are not in use be given to those still waiting for placement.

It also called for classes to be postponed until all the demands had been met.

The university executive responded, saying they would not suspend operations as it had already postponed the programme by two weeks because students who had not written their exams last year, due to disruptions, had written their final papers recently.

The university said that all its first years had already registered, as well as 80% of its senior students.

The accommodation problems, the executive said, were being experienced by all universities and UWC was trying to procure additional space off campus.

However, in a post on the UWC Fees Will Fall Facebook page on Thursday, the movement dismissed the university's response as "false claims, inflated percentages and common evasion of responsibility".

It said it would be collecting evidence to back up it's accusations.

"The movement calls upon all students who are affected by the above to come to our #UWCFeesWillFall stall in front of the student centre where we will document particulars..." the post said.

"We will today be visiting Student Credit Management, Res Life and Financial Aid queues looking to collect this evidence in order to intensify our ?#‎AntiExclusion? campaign."

However UWC spokesperson Luthando Tyhalibongo said campus was "very quiet" on Thursday morning.

Security guards who had been on the scene during the protests remained on campus, he said, and were on high alert should protests erupt again.

News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...urity-guards-on-alert-after-protests-20160218
 
Students clash over Tuks language policy

Karabo Ngoepe, News24

Pretoria - Scuffles broke out between students at the University of Pretoria on Thursday afternoon, over the institution's language policy.

AfriForum Youth allegedly interrupted preparations for a meeting between the university, the Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA), and the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC).

ANC Youth League Secretary at UP, Samkele Cetyiwe, said the group derailed plans for the meeting.

“We were going to debate language policy. AfriForum managed to get into the meeting and disrupted proceedings. One thing led to another and a black student was hit by a white student,” he claimed.

There was a stand-off between the different groups. Subsequently one group entered a mathematics class in the engineering faculty and disturbed proceedings, said one student who asked not to be named.

“They shouted 'one language'. We were supposed to write a test but that was postponed. Our class is actually in English,” the student said.

Security guards and police tried to separate the groups. Cetyiwe claimed security guards intervened, but only targeted black students.

“Whenever we are facing the mob, we are the only ones getting pepper-sprayed. We have decided that tomorrow we will start addressing issues of transformation. There won't be any lectures tomorrow,” he said.
The university confirmed there was a stand-off between members of the AfriForum Youth and the EFFSC. No damage to property was reported.

"Extra security will be employed on campus tomorrow and the university will be open. No disruption to any academic activities, or any unlawful action such as violence or the vandalism of property will be tolerated," UP spokesperson Anna-Retha Bouwer said.

AfriForum Youth's national co-ordinator Morne Mostert refuted claims that they caused the disruptions.

He said a meeting was called between student structures such as the EFFSC, YPA, and UPRising to discuss the university’s language policy. He had received an invitation in his personal capacity.

“Students on campus said they wanted Afrikaans to remain as a mother tongue language. The meeting was cancelled and we handed over a memorandum to ask that the university should recognise Afrikaans and Sepedi as mother tongues to be taught,” he said.

Mostert said the EFF protested and tried to intimidate AfriForum members.

It did not make sense for everything to be taught in English as only 10% of students were English speaking, he said.

“We are just asking for mutual recognition and respect of Afrikaans and Sepedi. We want everyone to feel welcome at the university,” Mostert said.

News24
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http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/students-clash-over-tuks-language-policy-20160218
 
Wits beefs up security after bus burning

Mpho Raborife, News24

Johannesburg - Additional security guards were patrolling the University of Witwatersrand's campuses following the torching of a bus outside one of its residences, it said on Thursday.

The bus was set alight outside the Knockando Halls of Residence in Rockridge Road, Parktown, around 23:00 on Tuesday, the university said in a statement on its website. "This act is a direct violation of the court interdict obtained by the university. Should the individuals be identified and if they are students, they will be suspended from the Wits campus immediately," it said.
The decision to beef up security was to ensure the safety of staff, students, and property.

The bus burning followed a spate of violence at the University of Cape Town and Walter Sisulu University campuses this week, which led to a number of students being arrested for public violence and malicious damage to property.

On Monday, UCT students erected a shack on Residence Road and cordoned off an area, calling it Shackville. This was intended to highlight accommodation shortages in residences, which they said did not affect white students. They claimed that black students were being treated badly.

Seven students and one other person were arrested after the busts of Jan Smuts and Maria Emmeline Barnard Fuller were spray-painted red, and paintings removed from buildings and set alight. A shuttle bus was also set alight.

The eight were released on bail on Wednesday afternoon and the case was postponed to March 30.

On Tuesday, 51 WSU students charged with public violence appeared in court and were released on bail, following violent protests on the university’s East London campus. In Mthatha, WSU students set fire to several of the university's fleet cars, damaged other property, and looted the campus warehouse and kitchen.

News24
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http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/wits-beefs-up-security-after-bus-burning-20160218
 
All of the EFFSC's protests - tuition fees, insourcing, accommodation, language - are merely fronts with which to destabilise the university system (which is a soft target) as part of a bigger political campaign of "radical transformation".
 
DUT student had funding and was not suicidal - family

Amanda Khoza, News24

Durban – The family of Durban University of Technology student Lindelani Myeza, who committed suicide last week, has confirmed that he did have funding for his tuition fees.

The family, who was still reeling in shock, on Friday also said it believed there was more to his death.

"He would never kill himself, no matter what," said Myeza’s brother Sibonelo, 24.

The 21-year-old student from Mondlo in Vryheid reportedly plunged to his death on Friday, February 12, allegedly after being denied National Financial Aid Scheme assistance.

Myeza, who was living in the Persada Residence in Berea, Durban, fell from the 6th floor of the building.

He was a first-year student in the University’s Management Sciences Faculty and had already entered residence on February 9, 2016.

After investigating, both the Higher Education Department and NSFAS this week confirmed that Myeza had applied for funding and qualified based on the NSFAS Means Test.

He was allowed to register for the 2016 academic year, NSFAS said in a statement.

His brother said when Myeza left home two weeks ago he already knew he had secured funding from NSFAS.

"He was very excited because they had already told us that he had secured funding. They told us that they would wait for his first term results and take it from there."

'It's a lie'

Myeza blamed students for peddling false information about the student funding.

"It’s a lie. The NSFAS story was made up by some of the students; we knew that he had funding."

Myeza said one thing he was sure of was that his brother was not suicidal.

"The matter is being investigated, but I can tell you that something does not make sense. He did not commit suicide, something happened between him and some students that night."

He said his brother, who was very close to him, had registered for a course in retail management.

"My brother was not easily angered. He was a good communicator and only reacted when provoked."

Myeza said even if his brother was under the influence of alcohol he would not take his own life.

"We are still very confused by what happened and we were further traumatised by the lies about the funding."

When asked if his brother had enemies, he said: "It sounds like he had upset a few people. But he was not a violent person. The story is just unbelievable, but the police are investigating what happened and we hope that they will get to the bottom of this.”

Myeza was expected to be buried on Saturday.

News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/dut-student-had-funding-and-was-not-suicidal-family-20160219
 
schumi said:
Amanda Khoza, News24

Durban – The family of Durban University of Technology student Lindelani Myeza, who committed suicide last week, has confirmed that he did have funding for his tuition fees.

The family, who was still reeling in shock, on Friday also said it believed there was more to his death.

"He would never kill himself, no matter what," said Myeza’s brother Sibonelo, 24.

The 21-year-old student from Mondlo in Vryheid reportedly plunged to his death on Friday, February 12, allegedly after being denied National Financial Aid Scheme assistance.

Myeza, who was living in the Persada Residence in Berea, Durban, fell from the 6th floor of the building.

He was a first-year student in the University’s Management Sciences Faculty and had already entered residence on February 9, 2016.

After investigating, both the Higher Education Department and NSFAS this week confirmed that Myeza had applied for funding and qualified based on the NSFAS Means Test.

He was allowed to register for the 2016 academic year, NSFAS said in a statement.

His brother said when Myeza left home two weeks ago he already knew he had secured funding from NSFAS.

"He was very excited because they had already told us that he had secured funding. They told us that they would wait for his first term results and take it from there."

'It's a lie'

Myeza blamed students for peddling false information about the student funding.

"It’s a lie. The NSFAS story was made up by some of the students; we knew that he had funding."

Myeza said one thing he was sure of was that his brother was not suicidal.

"The matter is being investigated, but I can tell you that something does not make sense. He did not commit suicide, something happened between him and some students that night."

He said his brother, who was very close to him, had registered for a course in retail management.

"My brother was not easily angered. He was a good communicator and only reacted when provoked."

Myeza said even if his brother was under the influence of alcohol he would not take his own life.

"We are still very confused by what happened and we were further traumatised by the lies about the funding."

When asked if his brother had enemies, he said: "It sounds like he had upset a few people. But he was not a violent person. The story is just unbelievable, but the police are investigating what happened and we hope that they will get to the bottom of this.”

Myeza was expected to be buried on Saturday.

News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/dut-student-had-funding-and-was-not-suicidal-family-20160219
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Anything for the cause eh?
The people who reported this are sick in the head.
 
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