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Fires flare up during TVET student protests

The Nkangala TVET College Middelburg campus total shutdown strike has entered day five.

The institution has suspended classes due to student protest that erupted last Wednesday.

On Tuesday morning the students burnt tyres and huddled around the entrance.
The students also barricaded the street before the police dispersed them.

Student Representative Council (SRC) chairperson Owethu Matemane said the students are demanding the college to provide equipment for the skills campus.
He said numerous memorandums have been submitted to the college regarding the lack of equipment however the matter has not been addressed.

Also read: Nkangala TVET students gang up on principal

Owethu said the protesters acknowledge that other students have to write their supplementary examinations.
Students say they have not been told when the equipment will arrive.

Amid other complaints, the students say the lack of equipment for the skills campus affects their marks.

Also read: Student arrested during protests

Another issue the student leader highlighted was financial payments from NSFAS and lack of student accommodation.

• The institution was not available for comment before print.

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Tiisetso Malunga

I have been working as a journalist/photographer since 2018 at the Middelburg Observer. Before joining Caxton I was a Journalism Student at the Tshwane University of Technology. I was also a broadcasting intern at the SABC in Pretoria. In my first year as a journalist I was awarded the Upcoming Journalist of the Year at the O H Frewin awards. My motto in life is ‘I am human before anything’ with that being said I am driven by human stories and I am a strong believer in justices and human rights.
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