BAC, SRC festival war rages on
Friday, June 03, 2022 | 1130 Views |
Monageng had taken to the media to publicly air his grievances with the school management over the decision to unexpectedly pull all funding for its Semester Shutdown Event on May 8. The festival left the SRC with a staggering P180,000 bill for the performers and service providers.
The college management deems Monageng's comments defamatory. A video, published by the Parrot News Online, featured the SRC President exposing the alleged corrupt practices and sabotage efforts by the university management against himself and even the previous SRC presidents. The video garnered over 3,200 views prompting a response by the BAC management in the form of a legal letter to Monageng ordering the video be taken down on all social media platforms and search engines with a publicly issued letter of apology to the university management for tarnishing the school’s image. Board secretary and legal counsel of BAC, Enelys Shamakumba has expressed in a letter that the allegations made in the video were inaccurate and failed to equitably indicate the faults made by Monageng during the planning and execution of the Semester Shutdown.
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