A group of angry students protested outside the Tshwane North College Mamelodi campus on Wednesday morning, causing lectures to cease.
The students demanded their monthly allowances from campus management and vowed they would disrupt classes until their demands were met.
The group barricaded the main gate, preventing anyone from entering the campus, and blamed the college management of spending their monthly allowance money.
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A representative of Concern Students, Mxolisi Mtshweni, demanded the Department of Higher Education to come investigate the college allowance dating from 2017 until present.
Mtshweni said since the beginning of the year, some students did not receive their allowances and several attempts to engage with college management were unsuccessful.
The students claimed the management told them it was because of wrong personal information given.
Students also claimed that some students never received their allowance dating back as far as 2017.
Mtshweni said they will continue protesting because they desperately needed the money for transport and accommodation.
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He further said some students have dropped out of college because they could no longer afford it, while others borrowed money to cover their needs.
The last meeting held with the management was on 10 June this year, where the management asked for time to fix things, but up to date nothing has been done.
The angry students also demanded that 15 students, who were suspended for taking part in previous protests, torching tyres at the main gate, to be allowed back to the campus and continue with their studies.
The students further claimed that there were former students who still received a monthly allowance.
“That money belongs to students who are attending every day,” they said.
The college management refused to comment.
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