Wits students protest over tuition fee increase

alternate said:
https://twitter.com/Feliz_star/status/654953775279546368

Oh yes, so peacefull and respectful.
Click to expand...



Is graphiti violent? Who said anything about respectful. Hell, the Raiders were telling him "f*** you, f*** you, f*** you riocity" can be read as "for cu..., for cu..., for curiosity". That tunnel is like a magnet to vandalism. They paint it one day and not long after that its back to what it is. Not a recent thing.
 
SammyD said:
Since ShaunSA insists. So today I decided to actually JOIN the protest instead of watching from the sidelines (mostly because Adam Habib said he was gonna say hid piece). Define "animal" guys. First of all, the red shirts and hoodies people are seeing and are assuming is the EFF is actually the attention seeking Men's Res Raiders. So there was singing and singing and singing and more singing. Nobody was hurt. No property was destroyed. Prof Habib said he'd be here at 9, he goy here at 11. So the students were like, "We waited for him for 2 days. When he decides to come, he comes two hours late. Don't give him your attention"
The occupying buildings thing. "buildings", building: The Senate House. Which is where you go anyway when you have grievances. That's where everybody is now. Sitting and singing. Occasionally standing and singing to stretch the legs. It seems the idea is to end the protest today with a decision from the council on the matter. As we speak everyone is waiting for the chairperson of the council to fly from Durban. I love how you guys speak about burning, destruction as if there's been such.
Click to expand...

So what did your cohorts say about the police excessive force? Were there many bruises and broken limbs? Or is the police excess then also a figment of imagination, just like us taking the threats of ungovernability seriously are also imaginings?
 
SammyD said:
Is graphiti violent? Who said anything about respectful. Hell, the Raiders were telling him "***** you, ***** you, ***** you riocity" can be read as "for cu..., for cu..., for curiosity". That tunnel is like a magnet to vandalism. They paint it one day and not long after that its back to what it is. Not a recent thing.
Click to expand...

And this guy is wearing one of those red EFF shirts.
https://twitter.com/LeRadioMK/status/654995912109006848

You are either extremely gullible or lying.
Probably abit of both.
 
SammyD said:
Is graphiti violent? Who said anything about respectful. Hell, the Raiders were telling him "f*** you, f*** you, f*** you riocity" can be read as "for cu..., for cu..., for curiosity". That tunnel is like a magnet to vandalism. They paint it one day and not long after that its back to what it is. Not a recent thing.
Click to expand...

Oh well, everyone is doing it - so ****it!
 
supersunbird said:
So what did your cohorts say about the police excessive force? Were there many bruises and broken limbs? Or is the police excess then also a figment of imagination, just like us taking the threats of ungovernability seriously are also imaginings?
Click to expand...


I'm sorry did you see those girls being manhandled by police. They were sitting on blankets and studying (as advised by SRC president. "bring your books to study if you need to"). Don't see how a university can be ungovernable in a day. Plus Mcebo is very dramatic.
 
alternate said:
And this guy is wearing one of those red EFF shirts.
https://twitter.com/LeRadioMK/status/654995912109006848

You are either extremely gullible or lying.
Probably abit of both.
Click to expand...


I didn't say there were no EFF. I said people were mistaking Raiders for the EFF. There's an EFF guy in charge of food actually. The whole factions thing arose from Raiders acting like supermodels and not follow instructions. I'm actually sitting behind four raiders as we speak.
 
Durandal said:
Habib, who flew in from the Higher Education Summit underway in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, to attend to student demands, was kept waiting for two hours by demonstrators as they awaited for more students to arrive.



http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-afr...thority-over-wits-fees-1.1931409#.ViEAs242Gd6
Click to expand...


Obviously he was made to wait because he made everyone wait. I see the title of that article from the link. He obviously doesn't have the authority. Why do you think the protesters are waiting for the chairperson fly in and to convene a meeting of the council?
 
SammyD said:
Obviously he was made to wait because he made everyone wait. I see the title of that article from the link. He obviously doesn't have the authority. Why do you think the protesters are waiting for the chairperson fly in and to convene a meeting of the council?
Click to expand...

So the protesters made Habib breakaway from an important summit, and spend varsity money to come back to Wits when they could have just asked who has the authority in regards to fees?

Bunch of retards wasting the institutes limited resources.
 
Durandal said:
*facepalm*
Click to expand...


Should I have put /s. Education Campus cleaners were dismissed for showing support for the students. A group of students went to Education Campus in Parktown to fetch these workers (and other students) so they can have a chance to speak.
 
SammyD said:
Should I have put /s. Education Campus cleaners were dismissed for showing support for the students. A group of students went to Education Campus in Parktown to fetch these workers (and other students) so they can have a chance to speak.
Click to expand...

So the staff abandoned their duties and effectively went on "strike" without any legal protection? No real surprise that they were disciplined and I'm sure it was as per the disciplinary procedures as well.
 
SammyD said:
Should I have put /s. Education Campus cleaners were dismissed for showing support for the students. A group of students went to Education Campus in Parktown to fetch these workers (and other students) so they can have a chance to speak.
Click to expand...

Those workers are probably fully paid up members of a union. Whose job it is to give them a platform for negotiation.
 
A sit-in at Wits as calls for free education grow louder

JOHANNESBURG – Wits University students have now conceded vice chancellor Adam Habib is co-operating with them, but they have warned they will bring all learning to a stop if their concerns over next year's fee hike aren't addressed.

For a third consecutive day students are blocking access to the campus in their protest against a 10.5% fee increase for next year.

Students have been demonstrating since early this morning, saying tertiary education should be accessible and another fee increase is out of the question.

They also say they want “free education” in their lifetime.

Habib says he doesn’t have the authority to overturn the council’s decision on the increase for 2016.

Incoming student representative council president Nompendulo Mkatshwa says Habib is co-operating.

“He’s listening to students and is doing his best but we said him that he can’t leave because if he leaves then he’s not doing his best.”
Click to expand...

More at http://ewn.co.za/2015/10/16/A-sit-in-as-calls-for-free-education-grow-louder
 
Chris said:
Just like the UCT Council, Wits seems to be caving. So the permanently retarded "students" might get placated yet again...



https://twitter.com/Pontsho_Pilane/status/655036004722720775
Click to expand...


There is absolutely nothing in this world that p**ses me off than someone who uses the word "retarded" to insult another person. Someone out there has that disability; a hardship they have to live with every single day and you're taking it and making a joke out of it. It's just not on.
 
SammyD said:
Obviously he was made to wait because he made everyone wait. I see the title of that article from the link. He obviously doesn't have the authority. Why do you think the protesters are waiting for the chairperson fly in and to convene a meeting of the council?
Click to expand...

For what purpose? To make far reaching commercial and operational decisions under threat of intimidation?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X