SANU STUDENTS GIVEN 2 OPTIONS

 MANZINI – Armed police officers were deployed in SANU as students were given two options, to either go to class or leave the institution’s premises.

This came after the Southern Africa Nazarene University (SANU) administration, through the office of the registrar, issued a memorandum on Wednesday afternoon notifying the students that all those who were interested in learning from Thursday (yesterday), would do so without any disturbances.

In the memorandum, the administration said those who wanted to learn should proceed to their lecture rooms in accordance with the General Academic Regulations Section F4.

Picketing

Furthermore, the institution also advised students that there would be no further toyi-toying and picketing within the university premises.  Once more, the students were requested to wear their protective clothing or uniforms and carry their identity (ID) cards.

When the students arrived at the institution yesterday morning, they found armed police officers littered around the institution while others were at the gates of the two faculties; Education and Health Sciences, assisting the security personnel to allow scholars who wanted to learn to get into the campus after producing their ID cards. Meanwhile, students who were not in uniform and those who did not carry their learning tools together with ID cards, assembled by the sports ground, which is situated between the Faculty of Health Sciences and Faculty of Education.

While they were caucusing, probably on their next move, they were approached by uniformed and plain-clothes police officers who told them that they should either go to class or leave the institution. In the meantime, the police were seen literally shoving the students as they told them to find another place to assemble if they did not want to go to class.

As a result, lectures resumed peacefully while the class boycott, which started a fortnight ago, was quashed by the law enforcers.

Protest

The group of scholars who had come to continue with the protest action reluctantly left the institution one by one.
However, it was gathered that some of them gathered at Trelawney Park, which is situated about 400 metres away from the institution, where they planned on how they would execute their other agenda of delivering a petition to the  Manzini Police Regional Headquarters.

SANU Marketing Manager Petros Mavuso confirmed that the institution had to revoke Section F4 of the General Academic Regulations, to ensure that the rights of students who wanted to learn were protected.

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