UKZN's Westville campus shutdown
The academic programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Westville campus has been put on hold until next week.
Student unrest at the campus continued today, with video footage of guards firing rubber bullets emerging on social media.
Varsity management issued a communique this morning, saying groups of students were engaging in violent protest action.
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Additional security has been deployed after lectures were disrupted and property damaged.
Varsity management issued a communique this morning, saying groups of students were engaging in violent protest action.
NOW READ: UKZN students strike over allowances in PMB
Additional security has been deployed after lectures were disrupted and property damaged.
.@eNCA and @SowetanLIVE you reported yesterday that UKZN Westville Students are striking cause they can't watch porn. Now come report back that the Mi7 together with the SAPS are shooting STUDENTS on Campus as I tweet this! pic.twitter.com/ihnEGndIdz
— IG: Shandu_KaNdaba_ (@MbejeMsizie) March 20, 2018
Management says it is engaging with student leadership on their concerns, which include issues around accommodation, NSFAS and post-graduate funding.
Lectures are expected to resume on the Westville campus on Monday.
Lectures are expected to resume on the Westville campus on Monday.
The varsity's other campuses are operating as normal.
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