SANU STUDENTS FORCED TO NAME STRIKE LEADERS

MANZINI – All SANU students who want to return to class at the university have been forced to name those who led the strike.
Students at the Southern Africa Nazarene University (SANU) under the Faculty of Health Sciences were made to reapply, although no date was set for the reopening.

 They were supplied with readmission forms to fill in and in the forms they had to answer rather hard questions pertaining to the strike action which they engaged in last month.
The form clearly stated that students were expected to answer all questions. It further stated that failure by students to answer the given questions may hinder the applicant’s readmission to the university.

The students recently engaged in a strike action over allowances, among other things.
 Some questions students were asked were:
l     How did the student body resolve to boycott classes in the absence of a student representative council?
l     Who was responsible for calling all students out of their classrooms to join the strike?
l     Do you know who were in the forefront of the strike action / the leaders? Name them.

Although students had the hope that they were going to be informed when they could return to class, this was not the case. They were only informed that this was just the first exercise as a second one would be held soon.

Worried students were seen standing in groups after the exercise and the disappointment was visible on their faces. Speaking in one voice they all stated that they were ready and willing to return to class as the boycott had only served to prevent them from attaining their dreams as individuals.
peaking on condition of anonymity, a student said the exercise seemed to be a ploy by the administration to blame someone for the strike action.

“They want us to betray one another and start naming people, it is a strategy,” the student said. Presently it is unclear when the Faculty of Health Sciences will be reopened as even the SANU administration was not forthcoming with information when approached. At the same institution, the faculty of education is still open and students have been continuing with their lectures undeterred by the problems currently engulfing their counterparts in the Health Sciences faculty.

The meeting was held at the university’s auditorium and the glass doors and windows vandalised by students during the violent class boycott have since been fixed. Currently four students from the institution have been charged with malicious damage to property.

The four suspects, Mcebo Gadlela (21) of Bulunga, Mfundo Thwala (23) of Hlane, Mfundo Zondo (24) of Ntondozi and Mhlengi Mndzawe (22) of Mvembili  were each admitted to E2 000 bail  and were remanded out of custody until October 30, 2014 pending the setting of a trial date.  Each of the accused, acting jointly allegedly injured or damaged 14 shatterproof windows and three times four millimetre windows. All the items are valued at E16 029.00.

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