Fresh Students Riots
17 April 2018
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Rioting Zimbabwe School Of Mining Learners.

By Paul Nyathi|Students at the Zimbabwe School of Mines in Bulawayo disrupted operations at the institution as they engaged in a demonstration over alleged poor service delivery by the school administration.

A report by the state owned ZBC news indicates that picketing students cordoned off entrance to the administration offices while some boycotted learning and spent the day roaming around the school premises.

The students are reported to have raised a number of concerns from exorbitant fees, lack of understanding on the part of administrators when it came to payment deadlines and poor conditions they were being exposed to, among other issues.

While some accused their Student Representative Council (SRC) of working in cahoots with the school authorities, a member of the body, Mutsawashe Nemadire, denied the charge, indicating that they were trying everything to have the students’ concerns addressed.

 “We are working on them and we are pushing as well. We are talking to management. We are sorting out things but everything is going on well. That’s one thing I can promise,” Nemadire, told the ZBC.

After almost three hours of discussions between the school authorities and the students’ representatives, efforts to address the demonstrators yielded no joy as the students walked away arguing that the resolutions were not satisfactory.

The Chief Executive Officer of the institution Mr Dzingirai Tusai noted the students were not being sincere as most of the issues they were raising could be easily addressed differently.

 “There was no need for that type of voicing of their concerns because they were just simple concerns that could have gone through to administration and to the training and operations department on how they are affected in the institution,” Mr Tusai said.

With a stalemate declared, it appears the students will continue with their defiance and hopes are the impasse will soon be resolved to pave way for resumption of operations.

Source: ZBC news