Polokwane TUT classes suspended due to protest
The students at Polokwane Tswane University of Technology Campus (TUT) have heeded The South African Student Congress Organisation (Sasco) call earlier this week and have shutdown the campus on Wednesday.
POLOKWANE – The students at Polokwane Tswane University of Technology Campus (TUT) have heeded The South African Student Congress Organisation (Sasco) call earlier this week and have shutdown the campus on Wednesday.
Lecturers have left campus. Students are protesting inside. #NationalShutDown #TUTPolokwane
— Raeesa (@raeesakimmie) October 21, 2015
On Tuesday The South African Student Congress Organisation (Sasco) called for Wednesday to become a “national day of action” in demand of free education.
They appealed to students to give effect to a national shutdown of universities pending a freeze on tuition costs.
#TUTPolokwane is locked up. Students are protesting inside but no media is allowed in for security purposes pic.twitter.com/8fqx27LEVU
— Raeesa (@raeesakimmie) October 21, 2015
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