Nelson Mandela University rocked by protests as rival student bodies join forces

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“As such, the university’s financial aid office is in constant liaison with the NSFAS in a bid to address challenges and bottlenecks experienced by students in this regard.”

Mbabela said in light of discussions held on Monday with student representative council members, academic activities and all university operations would continue as normal on Tuesday and a responseXotyeni said the Sasco-led SRC had engaged NMU’s management on January 7 about the same issues, without success.Late on Monday, Xotyeni said a decision about whether the protests would continue would be made at an evening meeting.

Daso SRC member Ayabonga Mxotwa and Daso NMU chair Prince Sekere said they were sad that they had to resort to protest action. A 23-year-old student from KwaBhaca, who asked not to be named, said he dreamt of breaking the cycle of poverty in which his family had been trapped, but now he was not able to register as a result of money owed to the university.

 

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