THE STUDY PERMITS ISSUE

 
Sir,

It is with great sadness and disappointment that I write to you about the situation facing Swazi students at the South African High Commission. I hope you will allow me to air my opinions and grievances on the above.
It is indeed distasteful the way Swazi students trying to get study permits at the South African High Commission are treated.

As one such student, I know firsthand how students are ill-treated without contrition.
Students continue to put up with new requirements which can be potentially announced verbally at any time. As close as they can, students try to meet these unfounded requirements only to have their applications turned down for other reasons.

As deadlines for university registration dates draw nearer, the prospect of not getting a study permit in time is starting to seem a very likely reality that students may face.
This will mean students will be forced to stay at home for a whole year not because of their results but merely because of red-tape put in place by the S.A. High Commission.

Painful

This makes it all the more painful as students have worked hard to get the good results that earned them a place at the various universities in South Africa.
Many have even managed to attain scholarships and bursaries based on these marks. The idea that all of this means nothing to S.A. High Commission is truly disheartening.
This has become a problem that is going to affect students very significantly if nothing is done.

I believe a serious intervention needs to take place because of the seriousness of the above matter. The South African High Commission is taking advantage of the fact that they are the only entity that can grant students study permits.
The fact that only 50 students are taken per day is absolutely appalling although we are forced to have to follow this.
It is with this that I would like to make a humble request to the Honourable; minister of Foreign Affairs, minister of Home Affairs and the Ambassador of Swaziland to South Africa to side with Swazi students who are simply trying to better themselves and our country through education.

As much as the South African High Commission is not under Swazi jurisdiction, a serious intervention is needed, which I would like to humbly request the ministers to request before it’s  too late. As deadlines draw closer tempers are beginning to flare. Let us not wait until it’s too late for us to do something. Please help us.

Concerned,
AB

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