University of KwaZulu-Natal

It is alleged that the man, supposedly a student, posed as an inspector from head office.

A ‘report’ about a South African who conned KFC out of free chicken has gone viral – here’s what we now Know

Over the past couple of days, South African Twitter has been abuzz following a tweet that reported that a South African man conned KFC.

According to reports on social media, the man was a University of KwaZulu-Natal student who got free meals at various Durban franchises by posing as an quality assurance inspector from the company’s head office.

The story caught the attention of various international news sites, including CBS News in the US and The Daily Mail Online in the UK, who have reported on it.

But KFC Africa’s public affairs director, Thabisa Mkhwanazi told Business Insider SA that it was fake news.

“We follow strict operational processes” she says.

“Any unautho
Continue reading…

Fed up with the poor condition of their beds, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) education students have resorted to setting them on fire.

Students at a university residence in Hospital Road, near Durban’s South Beach, burnt the metal frames of their beds on Sunday night to voice their dissatisfaction.

On Monday morning, burning mattresses were seen being flung out of windows at the residence, occupied by education students from the UKZN’s Edgewood campus. The protest resulted in lectures at the campus being cancelled.

Student representative council (SRC) president Sanele Hlongwa told TimesLIVE that they set their beds alight because they could no longer sleep on them.

“For ages now, students have been asking that their beds be changed. The building at Hospital Road is a university-owned building. The university has changed the beds at residences on campus. The same must be applied to off-campus residences,” said Hlong
Continue reading…