Student Voice - Students On Strike
Several Durban University
of Technology students were injured during
protest action at the Ritson Road campus on
Tuesday.
It is understood that five students sustained
minor injuries during the chaos that ensued
after students raised several issues relating to
NSFAS payments and accommodation.
The students were all transported by Life24/7
Ambulance Service to City Hospital for further
treatment.
SAPS spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Thulani Zwane
said: "This morning at 10am‚ about 500 students
embarked in a protest. They threw stones and
damaged two vehicles as well as the university
property. During the stone throwing four
students sustained injuries. The situation is
quiet now and [the protesters] have dispersed."
He said police were monitoring the scene.
DUT management didn't respond to queries.
