Newsletter| The ferocity of South African students appalls me. Students who violently protest need to realise that once you leave university nobody is going to listen and deliver on your every demand in fear of how you may protest, writes Gcina Mtengwane
I have in the not so distant past been an on-campus student yet I find myself distraught about the behaviour of some students during protests.
The repercussions of using dangerous tactics as approaches to dealing with student grievances are dire, not only for individual students but for university campuses and families of the students in the case of injury or death during a protest. While on the topic of transitions, South Africa’s transition from apartheid into democracy was achieved through a negotiated settlement.Yes, there was violence in the fight against apartheid but ultimately it was the ability to sit down, exchange views, make compromises and find mutual ground among interest groups that would otherwise be in conflict with each other that brought us where we are as a country today.
- Leadership is built around integrity. Integrity means doing and saying the right thing regardless of whether it is popular or not; and University is meant to be a transitionary space, not one where you count the eggs of an imaginary chicken. They will never hatch.
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