Violence mars Wits SRC elections

[maumau]

If students haven't left and gone to private institutions this is what they can expect.

 

[Visser]

This is what you get for bringing politics into education.

 

[maumau]

First step into politics, free ed, budget to abuse a little, bit of travelling, etc.

Hahahaha at the risk of being called out on it I must say I like you

 

[The_MAC]

Of course they don't add value to you, but they are very helpful to those who they are meant for, they helped my niece a lot when NSFAS was giving her a runaround regarding her tuition payments, something that can take you months to sort out will be done in a couple of phone calls from the SRC office, they do have their flaws of course.

So their mandate is to escalate queries regarding NSFAS?

 

[TheChamp]

If students haven't left and gone to private institutions this is what they can expect.

Don't be too alarmed by this, such things happen at tertiary institutions and before you know it you are back in class. It is almost part of life there.
Don't see my post as condoning it though.

 

[TheChamp]

So their mandate is to escalate queries regarding NSFAS?

To assist students with anything that is related to the campus life, issues with lecturers, sports, fees, residences, registration issues and anything that is brought as a concern by students.

 

[The_MAC]

To assist students with anything that is related to the campus life, issues with lecturers, sports, fees, residences, registration issues and anything that is brought as a concern by students.

Where does the politics fit into this?

 

[TheChamp]

Where does the politics fit into this?

The same way politics fit into our lives in the workplaces, even though there can be pretences of equality and unity that is always bandied about in corporates. We all have different challenges while navigating our daily struggles in life and whether we like it or not politics will always find a way when we want to further agendas we see as beneficial to us. For an example will Afrikaner students find that their challenges on campus are amplified when they are aligned in any way with Afriforum or FF+? Yes and so it goes with everyone else. It is a much bigger struggle at the end of the day which cannot be confined into university boundaries.

 

[rietrot]

Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA). The PYA is made up of the South African Students’ Congress Organisation (Sasco), ANC Youth League, Young Communist League and high school representative body Congress of South African Students (Cosas).

Geez. A choice between the EFF and these clowns. Our future sure looks progressive.

 

[TheChamp]

Geez. A choice between the EFF and these clowns. Our future sure looks progressive.

No, the DA was also competing as well as an independent candidate.

 

[3WA]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1052648170143064064

Huge and unexpected reversal. I can't think of what the reason could be. I wonder if the VBS saga has something to do with it.

 

[ForceFate]

Hahahaha at the risk of being called out on it I must say I like you

Stalker!

On a serious note, I'm a likeable person with strong views on certain topics (I may change my mind based on a number of factors).

 

[rietrot]

Huge and unexpected reversal. I can't think of what the reason could be. I wonder if the VBS saga has something to do with it.

These are students. I doubt they care about VBS.

 

[ForceFate]

These are students. I doubt they care about VBS.

They do.

 

[ForceFate]

This is what you get for bringing politics into education.

Politics are synonymous with universities. It has always been that way.

 

[Visser]

Politics are synonymous with universities. It has always been that way.

Student boards? Never. Not prior to 1994.

 

[ForceFate]

Student boards? Never. Not prior to 1994.

Universities all ober the world have always been nurturing grounds for politics. SA universities were not exceptions. Just because you were not part of it doesn't mean it didn't exist

 

[3WA]

These are students. I doubt they care about VBS.

What alternate explanation could there be?

Wits was one of the first EFF victory sites (last year).
Malema, Ndlozi, and Shivhambu all have Wits associations.
They went all out with their campaign.

So what changed between every other campus voting and Wits voting?

 

[maumau]

Stalker!

On a serious note, I'm a likeable person with strong views on certain topics (I may change my mind based on a number of factors).

I've been called worse.

What good is an opinion if you can't change it.

Apologies for OT.

 

[Arthur]

What benefits does being on the SRC confer?

I paid little to no attention to such things when I was at varsity.

SRC has oversight (control) of all student clubs and societies, associations and movements, and student-initiated events, has a large budget, allocates student parking places, and is the official student voice to Admin and Senate.

(I served on the Wits SRC in the 70s. Student politics are intense and hectic. At least they were back then. Seems like they still are.)