For the past few years DUT embarks on strike and the academic programme is always disrupted and this have a negative impact on acamedic performance of the students. Every year especially at the beginning of the year the SRC, of which in all these years it has been led by our own Cdes firstly SASCO and since last year the PYA, resolve on a mass action. Issues like outstanding fees, accommodation shortage, poor transport services, exorbitant fee increments and poor students services in general are prevalent in all these years. The fact that students still show confidence to the progressive allies at DUT by voting PYA in all these years proves it correctly that Cdes have been raising issues that are legitimate and sensetive to students. DUT students went on strike four weeks ago and demanded registration for students with outstanding fees, more accommodation, better transport services and other other issues, the institution was closed for the week after the mass action turned violently. The SRC agreed with the management on all students demands but implementation of those resolutions still remain a problem. On Thursday 26 February Cdes went to the management to discuss the issue of accomodation which remain outstanding. About 250 Students who were in need of accommodation went to the management offices to wait for the outcomes of the meeting. The SRC was held in a meeting with the management until 10:00 pm with students patiently waiting for them. The management promised again to acquire the new outsource residence on Friday 27th February. Students that were in need of accommodated were accommodated in a hotel hired by management. Then on Friday everyone expected the management to sign the contract but it was said that some members were not at campus therefore they cannot be able to sign. Then the SRC proposed that the management hire a hotel again and the management refused. Cdes refused to leave the office untill they know where they are going to be accommodated as a result they were arrested and they are still in custody. Then strike began again, one get a feeling that DUT will remain an abnormal child for some time. One thing for sure is that there is a clear gap between promise and practice in the side of management. For as long as students are not taken seriuosly the situation will not go back to normal. Naledi must intervene, failing to do so will mean Malema's comments about her are correct.
________________________________ From: mbongeni hadebe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:21:12 PM Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] s...@dut IS ARRESTED Cde`s students were brutalise and SRC members are arrested including the pressident and the treasure of the SRC.they are five cde`s which are arrested after they were brutalised by the manangement and police,the secretary of the ANCYL is one of those cde`s. The main issue is about accomodation and other issues that we agreed upon with the manangement in our last strike, then the problem is that when comes to implimantation the manangemant doesn`t want to impliment.there are 300 students who sleeps in our offices and wake up to attend their lectures. comrades can u join us in our mass action and we will apriciate your advices in making sure that those comrades are release from where criminals belong. we reported to PYA higher structures GWAJO HADEBE YCL CHAIRPERSON --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
