Vehicles torched at University of Zululand

26 September 2016 - 14:56 By TMG Reporters

Several vehicles belonging to the University of Zululand were set alight on the KwaDlangezwa campus on Sunday night. They included buses‚ Toytota Quantums‚ bakkies and cars. Sbu Mnguni‚ a leader of the South African Students Organisation (Saso)‚ confirmed the vehicles were set alight. "This was not part of the feesmustfall movement. It forms part of a staff strike that has been ongoing for seven weeks." He said that the student body was in talks with university management about next year's fees.Mnguni said that lectures were called off last Friday and that students were unable to continue with research as they had no internet connectivity.University staff have been on strike for seven weeks‚ since wage talks broke down between management and the National Education‚ Health and Allied Workers Union. After talks collapsed‚ the university implemented a no work‚ no pay policy against striking staff.Spokesman for the University of Zululand‚ Gcina Nhleko‚ said nine vehicles‚ including three buses were torched before midnight."No arrests have been made‚" Nhleko said."Some of the queries are pay progressions‚ absorption of co-operatives to permanent positions at the university‚ etc."The academic programme was suspended on August 30 following violence at the campus. Lectures resumed recently.Kyle Cowan ‏tweeted photographs of some of the burning vehicles: "Multiple vehicles and a bus set alight at University of Zululand last night/early hours. #Unizulu"Multiple vehicles and a bus set alight at University of Zululand last night/early hours. #Unizulupic.twitter.com/mHvUkzJ1Of— Kyle Cowan (@CowansView) September 26, 2016UZ - TMG Digital..

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