Students, your violence destroyed a man’s livelihood - The Mail & Guardian

Last week a student protest at the University of Zululand led to a police van being petrol bombed. But this was not the only thing that was burnt down. A food truck belonging to Ndumiso Ntsele was also torched.newspaper that his mobile kitchen cost him R6 000 and it was all he had. He said that this was not the first time his truck had been targeted during a protest.

The students have raised issues about the university not having a student representative council , problems with the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and safety and security on campus and at off-campus residences. They are also calling for vice-chancellor Professor Xoliswa Mtose to step down. As has been the case with many other student disruptions before, eventually the protests end. Solutions are found, even if only temporarily, because the same issues will emerge again. But ultimately life is going to get back to normal at UniZulu. Students are going to go back to lectures.

These students live in South Africa where the unemployment rate is high, where there are few prospects of jobs and companies are having to retrench employees. And, of course, as it has been at all other universities that have gone up in smoke, no one has been held accountable or arrested for arson at UniZulu.

Sadly this is often why students, whose grievances are real, lose sympathy and support. Anyone in a position to help Ndumiso? RT

Shameful.

Fix it!!! You mos know how to organise.

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