Tshwane north college students return to class after five-day protest
An agreement was reached between the SRC, students and management to end the five- day protest at the Tshwane North college.
Students at Tshwane North College in Mamelodi returned to class after a five-day protest over monthly allowances.
This comes after an agreement was reached between the SRC, students and college management on Tuesday.
SRC’s Mxolisi Mtshweni said operations at the college were normalising and students had started attending lectures again.
He said they have reached an agreement on Monday after college management formed a task team together with two student representatives and two SRC members aimed at working together to ensure that the students get their monthly allowances.
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Mtshweni said students returned to class on Tuesday after meeting in the college hall earlier in the day.
The angry students protested outside the college main entrance shutting down the college from last Wednesday.
“The students blamed college management of spending their monthly allowance money.”
During the protest the students demanded that the Department of Higher Education investigate the allowance system from 2017.
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“The students were also complaining that since the beginning of this year some did not receive their allowances and several attempts to engage with the college management to discuss the issue of allowances were with no success.”
The students demanded that the 15 students who were suspended for taking part in previous protests be allowed back on the campus to continue their studies.
Ishmael Mnisi spokesperson of higher education and training said the college pays allowances based on the list by student aid scheme, NSFAS.
“Students whose names do not appear on the lists are not paid. The instances of students not being paid despite their names being on lists are due to them not providing banking details, providing incorrect banking details, or if they have dormant accounts.
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However he said in those cases, students were asked to submit the correct banking information and payments then made.
“They [NSFAS] have paid the college R40-million for 4 700 students. NSFAS met the college on Friday to resolve any outstanding matters,” said Mnisi.
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