Professors and students face off at UFS on how and why protests should happen - Students want to be heard and universities need peaceful protests. The University of Free State began discussions on how to bridge the divide
“In terms of violent protests where there are clear elements of criminality, we have zero tolerance for that at the University of the Free State and therefore we need to ask the criminal process to take care of that specific activity,” he said.
“Whenever there are protests on campus you are very provocative towards students. I would say that you have student affairs that are failing in terms of mitigation between students,” he said. Earlier he had condemned violent protests saying that South Africa is where it is because of protests, however they need to be done well.
According to a statement released on 29 March by the university’s vice-chancellor, the protest was in relation to thedecision to pay students rent directly to the landlords instead of paying through the students. Professor Joy Owen, who previously worked at Rhodes University, described how she has been affected by protests as a bystander.
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