Student Representative Council elections are finally under way at the Walter Sisulu University’s Ibika campus in Butterworth.
The elections at other campuses of the university happened in October.At the Ibika campus the elections did not happen because there were errors in the voters’ roll.United Democratic Student Movement Thamsanqa Mfolozi told DispatchLive Tuesday morning that the voting process was under way.
“Elections are in progress. So far everything is in order,” he said.Sasco emerged victorious in other campuses like Mthatha, Queenstown and Buffalo City.
The organisations that are contesting are South African Student Congress (Sasco), Democratic Alliance Student Organisation (Daso), Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania (Pasma), Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC), Student Christian Organisation (Sco) and United Democratic Student Movement (Udesmo).
The campus is currently under the control of the Sco.This came after it went into coalition with Pasma to unseat Sasco that had won the elections by a number of votes.
SRC president and chairperson on Sco on the campus, Siphelo Mkhuzangwe, told DispatchLive that they were hoping to win the elections.
“Students seem to be satisfied with us and we promise to do more, if they give us another chance to govern,” he said...