The South African Students’ Congress (Sasco) is hoping to wrest control of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) student body from the Democratic Alliance Students Organisation (Daso) when it fields Middledrift’s Lufefe Mkutu to contest elections today.
The ANC-aligned students’ organisation recently indicated that Mkutu was their preferred presidential candidate when Sasco goes head to head with Daso and the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC) at the SRC elections.
The race for the SRC presidential office will be an all-male race with Daso fielding Xabiso Nyati and EFFSC putting their hopes on Luxolo Jacobs.
Attempts to get comment from EFFSC and Daso were not successful at the time of writing yesterday.
Speaking with the Daily Dispatch yesterday, Mkutu said he was confident Sasco would again lead the students at NMMU.
“The passion of the new collective Sasco NMMU leadership and willingness to properly lead the students are some of the elements that will lead to our victory,” Mkutu said.
He warned against any corrupt elements that were usually perceived within Sasco leaders.
“As the Sasco leadership we know that student leadership is not about popularity contests,” said the BTech industrial engineering student.
The hotly contested election saw big guns from the contesting student organisations converging on different NMMU campuses this week.
On Monday ANC provincial spokesman Mlibo Qoboshiyane took a walkabout campaigning for Sasco.
ANC national executive committee (NEC) member Malusi Gigaba, EFF president Julius Malema and EFF Central Command Team members Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and Fana Mokoena were some of national politicians that were also at NMMU South Campus.
Daso won last year’s SRC elections by a three-seat victory of 12-9 over Sasco. With the EFFSC added to the ballot paper, it remains to be seen how today’s elections will turn out. — siphem@dispatch.co.za
Sasco confident of victory at NMMU student elections
The ANC-aligned students’ organisation recently indicated that Mkutu was their preferred presidential candidate when Sasco goes head to head with Daso and the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC) at the SRC elections.
The race for the SRC presidential office will be an all-male race with Daso fielding Xabiso Nyati and EFFSC putting their hopes on Luxolo Jacobs.
Attempts to get comment from EFFSC and Daso were not successful at the time of writing yesterday.
Speaking with the Daily Dispatch yesterday, Mkutu said he was confident Sasco would again lead the students at NMMU.
“The passion of the new collective Sasco NMMU leadership and willingness to properly lead the students are some of the elements that will lead to our victory,” Mkutu said.
He warned against any corrupt elements that were usually perceived within Sasco leaders.
“As the Sasco leadership we know that student leadership is not about popularity contests,” said the BTech industrial engineering student.
The hotly contested election saw big guns from the contesting student organisations converging on different NMMU campuses this week.
On Monday ANC provincial spokesman Mlibo Qoboshiyane took a walkabout campaigning for Sasco.
ANC national executive committee (NEC) member Malusi Gigaba, EFF president Julius Malema and EFF Central Command Team members Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and Fana Mokoena were some of national politicians that were also at NMMU South Campus.
Daso won last year’s SRC elections by a three-seat victory of 12-9 over Sasco. With the EFFSC added to the ballot paper, it remains to be seen how today’s elections will turn out. — siphem@dispatch.co.za
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