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MUT finds common ground with SRC
By Staff Reporter
SINENHLANHLA ZUNGU
DURBAN - THE Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) has found common ground with the student representative council (SRC). The two parties were in a meeting at the weekend regarding the studentsâ demands.
According to MUT SRC president Mthokozisi Gumede: âWe have decided to retreat from striking and met with the management to find common ground. The university has agreed to clear students who are in debt, who were previously funded by either the National Students Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) or any other bursaries.â
âStudents who are also in arrears with the university will also be now able to access their academic records and get their completion letters,â said Gumede.
City of Cape Town in R1.4m civil claim against Gatvol Capetonian, EFF for damage during protests
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Cape Town – The City of Cape Town is moving ahead with a R1.4 million civil claim against Gatvol Capetonian and the EFF for the cost to repair damaged public infrastructure during violent protests.
A summons was issued to Gatvol Capetonian on March 29 for over R1.3 million in damages related to a “shut down” of major routes in Cape Town in August 2019, the City said in a statement on Monday.
The City’s legal representatives have also issued a Letter of Demand to the EFF for damage to infrastructure in Brackenfell on November 20 last year, ’’in violation of agreed gathering conditions with the South African Police Services (SAPS) and Western Cape High Court’’.
Off-duty police officer shot dead in Vrygrond
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - The police in the Western Cape are investigating the death of an off-duty police officer, Malone Percival Lebello, who was shot and killed in Vrygrond on Sunday.
The 38-year-old Lebello, who was stationed at Steenberg Police Station, was found lying in Disa Road, Vrygrond, with four gunshot wounds to his head.
Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said the circumstances surrounding the shooting incident, at about 1.40am on Sunday, were under investigation.
Van Wyk said after further investigation it was established that the deceased was an off-duty police sergeant. He said the suspect/s fled the scene and were yet to be arrested, and the motive for the shooting was unknown.
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UK bus drivers’ strike at London United against attacks on pay and conditions
London bus drivers at RATP-owned subsidiary London United held a 24-hour strike Wednesday at five depots, the eighth strike during the dispute. The Unite union members are opposed to proposed changes in their contracts including remote signing on, which will leave them around £2,000 a year worse off.
The strike hit 52 routes across south and west London. A further strike is planned for April 15. Drivers at Stamford Brook and Hounslow Heath depots voted to join the action from April 15, meaning all seven London United depots will be involved in the dispute.