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University students’ studies are hampered by members of the “Fees must fall” movement

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The North-West University’s Mafeking campus has been closed since Monday due to student riots fueled by the student union.

A spokesperson for NWU, Louis Jacobs, confirmed that students were ordered to leave campus until further notice.

Those who are serious about their studies are harmed by the union that makes the incitement to make the riots violent.

Similar riots have been occurring at the Natal University of Westville campus since Tuesday, and once again it is the student union that harms the students for not doing their studies.

Union-backed students arrived on campus on Wednesday, armed with homemade gasoline bombs and other weapons, and began to pose a threat to staff and students who wanted to attend classes.

Apparently, the short-sighted “Fees must fall” movement started the uprising, knowing that hundreds of students are only arriving at university for the purpose of disruption.

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Tuks phasing out Afrikaans as medium of instruction and will from now only use English as the primary language of communication and administration

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The University of Pretoria is to phase out Afrikaans as the official medium of instruction at all its campuses and residences.

The university will from now only use English as the primary language of communication and administration.

University spokesperson Rikus Delport said the policy was adopted in 2016 by the university’s council and Senate after “extensive consultation process and recommendations from all interested parties”.

“The change in policy is aimed at facilitating social cohesion, and the university will continue to embrace and encourage multilingualism to foster unity and provide equal opportunities to speakers of all South African languages,” he said.

The consultation process included a language work stream that was formed as part of the transformation lekgotla and the independent transformation panel that focused on submissions from external stakeholders.

Delport said the decision from the various interest
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Unisa closes its doors after negotiations between the radical National Student Representative Council (NSRC) and the university authorities fail

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Negotiations between the radical National Student Representative Council (NSRC) and the university authorities culminated in a dead-end and decided to close its doors temporarily.

The closure is applicable to all Unisa’s campuses across South Africa, as the government is unwavering that it cannot accommodate larger numbers of students.

The University of South Africa (Unisa) can take 380,000 students and can accept about 54,000 new students annually, but cannot meet the radical group’s claim to accommodate all applicants.

Unisa is considering accepting an additional 10,000 students, but will first have to evaluate its implications.

Experts point out that the possibility is growing that the universities of the country, one after the other, will have to close their doors permanently if the impractical claims continue.

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