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ZINASU meets Govt, African Diplomats
Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU)
July 13, 2007

Following the mass forced evictions of students at the University of Zimbabwe on Monday the 9th of July, the Zimbabwe National Students Union this morning dispatched strong delegations to diplomatic offices to table the predicaments students are finding themselves in. The delegations were sent to the African Union Chairperson, The Embassy of the Republic of Ghana where they met David Sefa-Boakye who promised to communicate with the Ghanaian President's office, another was sent to The embassy of the Republic of South Africa where they met Eden Reid who is the Third Secretary, Political Affairs Department who also promised to communicate the issue to The President of South Africa's Office, lastly to the Tanzanian Ambassador, Mr. R. Adadi who said that the embassy on behalf of Tanzania is closely monitoring and following the sad developments at the University of Zimbabwe.

ZINASU also sent a delegation to meet the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, who unfortunately was reported to be out of office since Monday. The delegation however, met Ms Muguti, the acting Permanent Secretary who said that her hands were tied since she could not make any binding decisions hence she could not act on the issue. The Students Union will continue to engage the Univeristy adminstration in serious legal battles as 5,600 students were affected, 65% being female students.

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