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TUT students to join fees protests Protesting Wits students on Monday blockaded roads outside the university. File photo. Image: Alaister Russell/Sunday Times Students from the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) are preparing to join the student protests as they are a week away from completing their 2020 academic calendar. TUT SRC president Mike Mothiba has condemned the ongoing police violence and called on police minister Bheki Cele and President Cyril Ramaphosa to ban the use of rubber bullets against young people. “The student debt keeps increasing yearly and more students are denied access to universities while many others have completed their studies with nothing to show as universities have kept their qualification. ....
TUT students ‘cannot wait to join fees protest’ Updated Anastasi Mokgobu Share this: The president of the Student Representative Council (SRC) at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) says students at the institution will complete the 2020 academic year in a weeks’ time. Jacanews They will then join the ongoing national protest against financial exclusion at universities. Mike Mothiba says if no resolution is found to the issue of financing and historical debt, TUT students will join the protests. “We don’t have a separate plan as TUT, this is a national issue for the Minister of Higher Education (Blade Nzimande) to meet us halfway and do something about outstanding fees. Our students are not going to join now, but as soon as they are done writing (exams) and nothing progressive has been done they will be joining. ....
TUT TO JOIN STUDENT PROTEST NEWS24 Comments The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) student representative council (SRC) has spoken out against the police s alleged use of rubber bullets during student protests. SRC president-general Mike Mothiba has condemned ongoing police violence , calling on Police Minster Bheki Cele and President Cyril Ramaphosa to ban the use of rubber bullets on innocent young people whose only crime was to dare dream . Nationwide protests started at higher learning institutions on Monday, over fees and access to registration. However, the SRC at TUT decided not to join - instead it encouraged students to focus on studying so that the 2020 academic year could be concluded. ....
Tuesday s call comes after a bystander Mthokozisi Ntumba was killed when officers fired rubber bullets during protests by Wits students last week. ....