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Bravo
Bulawayo students!
Students Solidarity Trust
March 07, 2006
Police in Bulawayo
have detained close to 30 students today who were marching against
the new fees regime imposed by the government on the students in
February.
The students
were marching in town and were on their way to the Chronicle House
when police pounded on the peaceful protestors, arresting 30 students
in the process.
The demonstrations
are part of a coordinated plan of action that the students adopted
in Harare, which will see students employing coordinated and joint
actions.
The action involves
all student organizations - which are the Zimbabwe
National Students Union, the National Movement of Catholic Students
and the Students
Christian Movement.
Students from
all institutions of higher learning in Bulawayo took part in the
peaceful protests.
The students
have christened their resistance programme, a culmination of a meeting
held in Harare recently, "Operation Murambashasha". It
is in reference to the government's continued warpath on intelligent
students, and its failure to reward hard work.
The arrested
students are still detained at Bulawayo Central. No charges have
been preferred against the students as yet.
Among the arrested
students are the President of the National
University of Science and Technology (NUST) and his Secretary
General Zanele Ndlovu. The police also arrested Melweed Makwechera,
quintessentially known as Osama - the Bulawayo Poly President as
well Edward Tshuma, President of United College of Education (UCE).
The students
are demanding that the government adjust support loans so that they
can in sync with the spiraling inflation. University students want
loans amounting to $100 000 000 for resident students and $120 000
000 for non-resident students. Students in the Polytechnics and
Teachers' Colleges believe that they deserve $70 000 000 for resident
students and $110 000 000 for non-resident students.
Visit the Students
Solidarity Trust fact
sheet
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