HIGHER ALLOWANCE CRIES: Fort Hare students to strike for laptops, higher res allowance ahead of examinations
By Mpumzi Mshweshwe:
Alice Campus (Image: UFH website)
Students are planning to embark on strike at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) Alice main campus today (Tuesday) to protest in demand of an increase in their residence allowance of 4% and additional laptops ahead of the upcoming first semester examinations. As the UFH approaches its examination season most students are without important study materials such as laptops that should be supplied by the university. Almost all first-year students at Fort Hare have no laptops as it is alleged that the university has not allocated laptops to any student.
UFH students have issued a statement outlining the reasons for their planned protest. “Tomorrow there will be a strike to demand these needs: distribution of laptops, and dist...