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Angry students disrupt lectures and blockaded the main entrance to the Westville campus by burning furniture and debris over registrations

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The student representatives council (SCR) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is expected to meet the institution’s vice-chancellor on Friday.

This follows disruptions at the university’s Westville campus on Wednesday. Angry students disrupted lectures and blockaded the main entrance to the university by burning furniture and debris.

The executive director for corporate relations at UKZN, Ashton Bodrick, confirmed that the university remained open and that academic programmes would continue as scheduled, despite further protests by students on Thursday.

“Some students on the Westville campus continued with their protest action this morning. We have received reports that some lectures were disrupted. The executive management committee (EMC) has given due consideration to the matters raised by the students and is engaging the SRC leadership on a way forward.”

UKZN SRC president Sanele Hlongwa told TimesLIVE that calm had been restored at the university
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South African man conned KFC out of free meals for a year

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South African man conned KFC out of free meals for a year

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..
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#BlackPrivilege: Violent protest led by EFF students reeks havoc at UKZN campus after demands was not met – serious damage to property was caused by acts of arson and vandalism

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While the academic program at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) resumed at the Westville campus on Wednesday, a group of EFF students attempted to ignite a safety quad bike, dismantled several windows, and threw police and security guards with stones. The incidents occurred throughout the day, the same day that campus operations resumed after university..
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What a check! These kids want everything on a silver platter for free – UKZN students burn mattresses in protest over ‘uncomfortable’ beds – African mentalism is destroying our country

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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 Hlongwa.

“The students are saying the i
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Lectures stopped at Pietermaritzburg campus – Students wants free education, food and accommodation

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Lectures stopped at Pietermaritzburg campus - Students wants free education, food and accommodation

Students have stopped classes at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Pietermaritzburg campus. Student Representative Council (SRC) member Xola Mehlomakhulu said students had not received their National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) allowances for food and accommodation. He also claimed that post-graduate students were being excluded from the fund and unable to further their studies.
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