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Student leaders at the University of Fort Hare say they’re disappointed at management’s decision to shut down the institution’s campuses. UFHshutdown sabcnews

There have been no lectures at Fort Hare for the past two weeks due to student protests over history debt.“There is no attachment of a court order that has been granted to the university, maybe it will still come. So during the course of the day, the SRC will continue and seek legal opinion with regard to the matter. Obviously legal steps were not followed by the institution.”

In the video below, protest by students from the University of Fort Hare in Alice spiraled out of control:Tshwane University of Technology students are refusing to return to class, despite pleas to do so from management. Accommodation, alleged corruption at the university and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme are some of the students’ gripes.

Over the weekend, management announced that an agreement has been reached with student bodies over the issues raised.They say they want management to speed up the issue of student accommodation,The ongoing student protest has resulted in the suspension of academic activities at all TUT campuses since last week Tuesday.Protests continue in the University of KwaZulu-Natal :, which erupted at the beginning of the academic year, mainly over financial exclusions.

 

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They had no choice , millions in damages is on the line !

Please take us back to Midrand we want to hear the response from the leaders, Black Business Summit Council

They should be disappointed, if they're out of school they will be in the streets practicing criminology. Is that what you want? sabcnews

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