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Strikes and Protests 2007/8 - Students
Riot
police descend on UZ campus
Students Solidarity Trust
March 01, 2007
The University
of Zimbabwe campus was yesterday evening turned into a battlefield
as riot police, armed with baton sticks and teargas clashed with
students.
Three students
have been arrested and are currently detained at the Avondale Police
Station, including Kudzai Mutonhonho a disabled student and a member
of the Students Executive Council
The notorious
riot police, who have continued to showcase their laager mentality,
wantonly beat up students going about their normal business in the
evening, ordering students to sleep.
Over the last
week, riot police have laid siege on Harare residents, imposing
subtle curfews and beating up residents in areas like Highfields,
Glen Norah and Chitungwiza.
In an act of
sheer brutality and unchecked callousness, the riot police beat
up Kudzai Mutonhonho, a disabled student. Mutonhonho is the Secretary
for Legal and Academic Affairs in the Students Executive Council.
He is currently in police custody at Avondale Police Station, with
two other unidentified students.
University of
Zimbabwe students yesterday staged protests at the campus. The exorbitant
tuition fees, which amount to $450 000 for resident students have
continued to attract the ire of students and their campaign, organized
under the students umbrella body Zimbabwe
National Student Union Education for all and not for the elite!
has continued to gather momentum.
The students
also impressed on the government to decisively deal with the strike
by academic and non-academic staff at the University which has affected
the students.
The
refusal by the University administration to technically chase male
students out of campus have spawned a massive accommodation crisis
at the University of Zimbabwe and students demanded that male students
be allowed to apply for residence. The
State responded by sending truckloads of riot police who spent the
entire night harassing and beating up students.
Masimba Nyamanhindi
Program Officer (Information, Coordination, Packaging and Distribution
(ICPD)
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Solidarity Trust fact
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