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The ANC-aligned South African Students Congress (Sasco) came out kicking and screaming after losing the student representative council (SRC) elections to EFF Student Command (EFFSC) at the University of Fort Hare last week.The EFFSC emerged victorious at both the university’s East London and Alice campuses after a hard-fought campaign, which ended with the winners carrying a coffin and conducting a mock funeral service to commemorate the “death” of Sasco.
AfriForum Youth took responsibility for pasting the “blacks only” and “no whites allowed” stickers outside the UP Hatfield campus, saying this was “to place the spotlight on racial exclusion and the university’s double standards”.
An examination hall at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg campus was gutted by a fire allegedly set alight by protesting students on Monday night.
The EFF in northern KwaZulu-Natal claim their no-show at Richards Bay port during Monday’s national shutdown was due to assaults and intimidation by law enforcement.
EFF-aligned student leaders in KwaZulu-Natal have vowed to ensure that higher education institutions in the province respect the ‘national shutdown’ planned for Monday.
University of KwaZulu-Natal student leaders have threatened to shut down the institution until all students are allocated residences as many spend nights in halls, corridors and classrooms.