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#NMMU Academic Activities Suspended Until Further Notice

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Due to #FeesMustFall protests NMMU has been closed since Wednesday last week. After NMMU held meetings with two student formations in George, and one at the Kraal on the South Campus in Port Elizabeth along with the NMMU SRC also holding a public meeting at the city hall it was understood by NMMU that the University would open again today (Tuesday, 27 September). At the meeting in the Kraal it soon became apparent that the students present were not prepared to accede to management’s … [Read more...] about #NMMU Academic Activities Suspended Until Further Notice

NMMU Response to #NMMU #FeesMustFall Petitioners

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The Nelson Mandela Bay University today released its response to the various student bodies that submitted student petitions of Friday 23 September 2016. The statement in it's entirety is published after the summation below. In a nutshell NMMU is sticking to the 8% 'allowed' increase by Minister Blade Nzimande as this increase; "... will not impact negatively on the poor and “missing middle” students since the government will make up the difference of up to 8%." Students have been called … [Read more...] about NMMU Response to #NMMU #FeesMustFall Petitioners

NMMU operations remain suspended on Monday

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NMMU operations remain suspended on Monday: The University has now received four different petitions from various student formations, the latest of which was handed over at a mass meeting in the Kraal at lunch-time today. Management will be working through the various demands to provide a response to students by Monday. Source: NMMU News Latest News. … [Read more...] about NMMU operations remain suspended on Monday

#FeesMustFall – NMMU Closed on Monday

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NMMU Management advised this afternoon that that operations at NMMU will remain suspended for Monday. This after the University received four different petitions from various student formations, the latest of which was handed over at a mass meeting in the Kraal at lunch-time today. University management have undertaken to work through the various demands and provide a response to students by Monday. The bid by university management to resume operations on Monday were met with resistance … [Read more...] about #FeesMustFall – NMMU Closed on Monday

Confusion and lack of Cohesion in #NMMU #FeesMustFall Groups

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In a email sent to staff and students of the NMMU earlier today the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Dr Sibongile Muthwa spoke of the difficulty of negotiating with "various student factions" and the failure of protesters to submit a "consolidated petition representing students' concerns". We at MyPE have been following the protests (along with most of the country) and would like to point out that certain very important stakeholders have been omitted from the direct conversation, namely: Those … [Read more...] about Confusion and lack of Cohesion in #NMMU #FeesMustFall Groups

PE in the news: Security storms NMMU building to free journalists held captive by ‘rogue’ students

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Security storms NMMU building to free journalists held captive by 'rogue' students: They had been covering the protest since Wednesday morning and joined students again on Thursday morning when they gathered outside the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court where nine students arrested the day before appeared briefly. Free education was an ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. Prostitute scam in PE targets B&Bs: The gang believed to be behind at least 11 of the well-orchestrated crimes at … [Read more...] about PE in the news: Security storms NMMU building to free journalists held captive by ‘rogue’ students

#FeesMustFall – NMMU is shutdown again today

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In a statement released yesterday afternoon NMMU said that University operations will resume today. One can only presume that the #FeesMustFall group failed to get that memo as early this morning they were gathering to set up road blacks and disrupt university operations. Nathi Dwayi (whose bio proclaims; "Law abiding citizen, on route to becoming a learned friend.") tweeted; "Forces are arriving. #NMMU #FeesMustFall" https://twitter.com/NathiThina/status/779170592473874433 I asked: … [Read more...] about #FeesMustFall – NMMU is shutdown again today

NMMU RESPONSE TO MINISTER BLADE NZIMANDE’S RECOMMENDATION ON 2017 FEES

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NMMU RESPONSE TO MINISTER BLADE NZIMANDE’S RECOMMENDATION ON 2017 FEES: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) welcomes Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande’s announcement today, which essentially gives universities direction in dealing with the university fee issue going forward. Source: NMMU News Latest News. … [Read more...] about NMMU RESPONSE TO MINISTER BLADE NZIMANDE’S RECOMMENDATION ON 2017 FEES

NMMU Responds to Minister Nzimande’s 2017 Fees Recommendations

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Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) welcomes Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande's announcement today, which essentially gives universities direction in dealing with the university fee issue going forward. The University has been in support of calls for free education for poor and academically deserving students, as was outlined in its submission to the presidential Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training (the Fees Commission) earlier this month. In its … [Read more...] about NMMU Responds to Minister Nzimande’s 2017 Fees Recommendations