The Mangosuthu University of Technology has blamed “hired hands” for the student protest that took place at the institution on Thursday, costing it R2 million in damages
The protest led to the university halting its operations, forcing it to move its planned examinations that were already under way.Last week, the university announced that it had cancelled all its activities following the violent protest where about 30 students, whose faces were masked, allegedly pelted security personnel stationed at the main entrance of the campus with stones.
“The four [students involved in the protest and appeared in court on Monday] are part of what the university has alleged to be a group of “hired hands”, who were acting as part of a bigger plan to capture and control student representative councils in TVET colleges and universities in the province. Two of these students are from the University of Zululand, one is from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and another is from the University of South Africa.
VUT also suspended all academic activities indefinitely and students residing on campus were asked to vacate their rooms.New broom sweeps through VUT
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