Someone must shoulder the blame for UB strike :: Mmegi Online

It is common cause that the University of Botswana (UB) main campus closed yesterday until further notice. The UB management instructed the students to vacate the campus by 13:00 hours failure of which the police would intervene with the batons and tear gas.

The UB strike every beginning of the year is well documented. The issue is always the same and government and the UB leadership do not learn from past experiences. The Department of Tertiary Education Financing (DTEF) is always at the centre of this problem. And every time the students take blame.

We do not condone nor encourage what took place on Wednesday afternoon when the students went on a rampage vandalising private and government property. This was after their plea to be paid their monthly allowance fell on deaf ears. They wasted valuable academic hours appealing to their elders at the DTEF and the Thabo Fako led institution to come to their rescue.

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