Student leaders barred from writing exams
Staff writer
18 June, 2007

The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) has reported that Masvingo University Students Union President, Whitlaw Mugwiji and Secretary General, Edson Hlatswayo have been barred from writing examinations. The two had mobilised students to defy the illegal top up fees demanded by the university. This led to their arrest and they are now on a pending verdict, after a hearing on 21st May. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights are working with them to draft a High Court order to try to get them permission to sit exams.

In the meantime students at Hillside Teacher and Bulawayo Polytechnic College have declared an indefinite class boycott, citing the ever increasing cost of living at colleges. Students on Teaching Practice are getting a stipend of Z$66,000 – the equivalent of three 300 ml bottles of coke.

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