Protesting CPUT students

Fighting for your Rights, but in a wrong way!!

In my heart I believe that protesting is a way of expresss your feelings, but there's no justification for violence.

In 1987 the Peninsula Technikon opened its doors to all South Africans. In the same year, the Cape Technikon applied for and was granted special permission to have the Government’s regulation lifted on the quota for black students. In May 2002, the Minister announced the possible merger of the Cape Technikon and Peninsula Technikon in January 2005 and now it’s called Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT).

The merging of the two Technikons (CPUT) opened doors for the black students to further their studies for tertiary education. The expectations of the black student was for the institution to be reasonable when it comes to financial decisions, but so far that has not happened they are being treated as if they are all coming from privilege families.
Prof L Vuyisa Mazwi-Tanga was appointed as the first Vice-chancellor of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in February 2006. Ever since she started the students haven’t seen a progress in her portfolio and they feel like it’s her fault all of these strikes have occurred.

On the 03 of August 2009 Cape Peninsula University of Technology student started protesting about the registration fees that have increased in a shocking way, from R2 500, 2 700 to R5 000 in one go, that made the students to be very angry about the decision that the management has made.

Students fail to understand why the management doesn’t want to listen to them, because they should put their core values into action and on that note it will make the institution to fulfill the mission and the vision of the institution, which they are not doing at the moment.

The Strikes that have been happening at the Cape Peninsula University has affected the image and reputation of institution and it has cost them millions.