SNUS' Maxwell, dad approach Lutfo over scholarship ban'

SNUS stands for the Swaziland National Unions of Students.

Though the student insists that ‘dealing’ with the charges, to him, means confessing liability, the minister rubbished such and said he merely meant that Maxwell must wait for his trial to conclude before knowing his fate in the scholarship Board.

"Who am I to make him confess? I merely told him that if he is eventually acquitted, he may be reinstated on scholarship, but if he is convicted, he will lose it."

Maxwell was accompanied by his father when they went to appeal the decision by the Scholarship Board to deny him the sponsorship.

He is pursuing his Bachelor of Commerce in fourth year.

Maxwell, in an interview said he stood by his plea of ‘not guilty’, after he was arrested in April last year.

"The minister pointed to Article 7 and 8 of the agreement signed between the student and government when a scholarship is granted. It states that a student who is arrested for breaking the laws of the country forfeits scholarship."

Maxwell then attributed certain statements to the minister on how the issue could be handled traditionally.

He added: "I do not want to do anything that is contrary to my conviction – that I am innocent.

"Only the court can rule on my case, and I am not expecting anyone to try and come in between myself and the court. I cannot admit these charges just because I want a scholarship. The scholarship would rather go away."

He said if government denies him a scholarship, he will have to look for other means as he is already registered and learning.

He further pledged to continue fighting for the cause of students who were denied scholarships.

COMMENTS:

- This must serve as a lesson to all: you do not bite the hand that feeds you. Maxwel have been reported on many pages of our daily publication openly criticising the government on the basis that it is his freedom of expression. Now, he is the same man who is running after it demanding help, o poor young man. You do not accuse your father of his wayward behaviorand later asked for a school fees. Rather wait till you can stand on your own, then make your outbursts willy-nilly knowing thatyou will need him no more. We all have our own reservation for this government, but we are quite cause we need her. A matter of common sense boy.
November 6, 20121, 6:00 pm, Khaya Mpembe

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