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Student leaders arrested in Bindura
Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU)
March 03, 2009

Students at Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) staged a peaceful demonstration over the reviewed new tuition fees structure announced by the Minister of Higher ad Tertiary Education Dr Stan Mudenge yesterday the third of March 2009. Students got the shock of their lives when they arrived at the institution in the morning to find closed gates with heavily armed campus security personnel denying entry to students who had not paid fees. Students then force marched themselves into the college campus chanting revolutionary songs denouncing the new fees and demanding a further reduction of the fees.

The Vice Chancellor Professor Katsvanga refused to address the students and instead ordered the arrest of three student leaders namely Respect Ndanga, Innocent Kapoya and Kelvin Veremu and the trio is still in police custody at Bindura Central Police Station. The Zimbabwe National Students Union views the reduction as a 'non event' as the fees are still exorbitant and we urge the government to quickly come up with clear and sound funding policy frame works to address the issue of fees and students' welfare and stop making empty promises.

We also note the comments made by the Minister of Higher Education, Dr Mudenge when he was announcing the new fees, 'the fees are still reasonably high . . . no students should be chased away for nonpayment of fees ..." ZINASU will convene a consultative forum for heads of students and youth formations to develop an all inclusive response to the issues affecting students and youths. A press conference will be convened to publish the developments and resolutions of this meeting.

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