Fort hare students not budging on demands

Despite getting positive responses from university management, protesting University of Fort Hare (UFH) students say there are not going back to class until their demands are implemented.

The students at the East London campus boycotted classes last week Wednesday in protest over unresolved student matters. 

Speaking to the Daily Dispatch today the student representative council (SRC) premier, Sonwabiso Mamkeli said the students said they have now gone from boycotting classes to shutting down the campus.

Mamkeli said the students were tired of getting positive responses only for no action to take place.

Among the list of demands were:

• Compensation for laptops lost because of weak security at the Union Arcade residence;
• Immediate reimbursement of money overcharged in previous years at the residences and
• Implementation of in-sourcing of security guards and cleaners