International students are getting fucked by the The Wu system.
—Off-campus Res' are gonna get demolished to make way fro a hotel for 2010.—That means more students (esp. the disadavantaged students) won't have a place to stay next.
—The Wu is cutting down on the number of BA students [(This is tied to the 2010 Hotel. A lot of people are enrolled for BA degrees - nobody can afford to fail(which is a good thing, pressure)]
— international students' annual tuition is getting a 300% increase.
—2004: R31,000—2007: R61,000 —2008: 300% do the math.
The police fired rubber bullet at students on West Campus. As far as I know,,, nobody got hurt. Classes are being disrupted, I'm supposed to be in a lecture right now. infact I can hear them thoi-thoing downstais.
The is fucked up. It trying to leave high education for the adavantaged. Any student who tries to get a bursary for next year will get screwed, why? How many bursaries (esp. within BA degrees) give sponsorship for R100,000. Also it is cutting down on the average joe Mokoena. who is of average intelligence so he passes with average marks (55%).
The SRC is fighting a loosing battle. They we're given a report back from the Vice(dickhead)Chancellor. The Chancellor did not agree to any terms. One good thing about the strike is that it is legal strike not some wild cat gathering. The students are therefore in a better position to negotiate. The SRC president got arrested yesterday during the shooting!
this just in: I just got kicked out the the computer labs...
