Hundreds of prospective students flock for 'hoax' registration at DUT

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Throngs of prospective students - many not wearing masks - jostled for space at Durban University of Technology on Tuesday to register for an apparent hoax advertisement offering academic places.

Hundreds of prospective students packed into DUT's Steve Biko sports centre on Tuesday with little regard for Covid-19 regulations.Throngs of prospective students — many of whom weren't wearing masks — jostled for space and disregarded Covid-19 protocols as they queued at the Durban University of Technology on Tuesday to register for an apparent hoax advertisement offering academic places. .

The huge crowd overwhelmed university management and security as they stood in line from the taxi rank on the street, into the campus and later piled up in the sports complex. South African Students Congress convener Malwande Ndobe said the situation at DUT was “abnormal and chaotic”.“It seems as if this registration is a miscommunication. Management didn't issue any communique about registration but there was a circular flying around on social media saying that there were spaces available for registration and that they should come to campus today [Tuesday].

 

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Picture credit: Sakhiseni Nxumalo SakhiNxumalo

So who gave you the right and permission to use my pictures and didn’t credit me but instead you say they were supplied? Please explain this.

Not funny 🤨

Awful!

Wow... That's some sick joke

So many lives put at risk for a hoax.... sad.... one can only pity the comedians

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