CPUT Students given ultimatum
Jason Murphy
18th November 2015
Today, is due date for
students of the troubled Cape Peninsula University of Technology to vacate
residences.
This is after the University Vice Chancellor, Dr Prince Nevhatula
sent a communique on Monday stating that, due to the ongoing violent protests
it is not safe for students to be kept at their residences by the university.
In the past weeks, scheduled exams have been disrupted by protestors calling
for the scrapping of historical debts and an end on out-sourcing. A CPUT
student spoke to Bush Radio earlier:
“I won’t be leaving today, I work in Cape
Town and am from the Eastern Cape so I won’t be going”.
Meanwhile, at the University
of the Western Cape, students are already making their way home as the
institution is planning to start repairs of damaged property. This morning,
students saw a group of soldiers on campus as more threats of violent protests
emerge:
“The situation at UWC is still very tense,
this morning when we work up there were soldiers on the campus and some
students are homeless and staying with friends”
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