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'Silly students'

by Scaasi
2009-11-04 15:00

Dear Editor,

"Durban - University of Zululand students allegedly went on the rampage on Tuesday night, burning a lecture hall and destroying a number of buildings, police said on Wednesday."

Reading the above just irritates me. How can university students be this stupid? They can't get their way now they burn down a lecture hall, destroy the library?

What are they trying to achieve? Burning down a lecture hall? Does this not mean the students will be missing a lecture hall not be able to study? Good grief all the toi- toi is getting out of hand and really irritating now.

If it's not municipalities striking and going crazy it's the "almost educated" university students going on a rampage. If my boss irritates me, do I burn down his office? I definitely won't get away with that at all!

But, no we have people running around like hooligans burning and destroying.

How ignorant and stupid do you get?

God save these people.

Scaasi

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Fortune 11/4/2009 3:08:52 PM
Idiots, please put them behind bars.

Noko YA mosebe 11/4/2009 3:10:46 PM
once moron always a moron

nice one 11/4/2009 3:11:22 PM
and people in south africa wonder why education levels are so low. " Why are we not building new schools they ask", because the get burnt down...... Of course us adults lead by example, by stricking every second day.
We live in a very confused country !!!
and the new generation isn't looking to sharp either

Ghost in the Machine 11/4/2009 3:11:26 PM
Prosecute.

elsje 11/4/2009 3:11:53 PM
These students are criminals and should be procecuted for damaging things that the taxpayer have to pay for.Young people these days have no respect for anything and that`s a big problem all over the world.

LSA 11/4/2009 3:12:17 PM
What do you expect??? The students that burned the lecture hall are aligned to the ANC!!! What has history and the ANC taught them??? If you dont agree with anything, then go on the rampage. Thats the ANC way!!!

Spiderman 11/4/2009 3:12:35 PM
That's how they think!

If you protest against service delivery, you burn down the sub-stations, clinics and destroy reservoirs.

If you cannot get what you want, you burn your resources down! Now these are the folks that one day should be your doctor, lawyer, engineer, etc.

God forbid you don't pay them what they want! You'll also burn!

zarbastardo 11/4/2009 3:12:41 PM
what surprises me continously in cases such as these is the fact that these student organisations are never held accountable for the actions of their members. when will any isnsttute of higher learning sue these gusy and make them pay? if this does not happen, they will continue to rampage as it is their "right of protest"

NWU-graduate 11/4/2009 3:12:42 PM
This has never happened at the North West University (Potchefstroom Campus). Why is it that this happens at mostly English universities??? I think a lot of us can piece together the answer to that question. It is absolutely horrible how students (who are supposed to be educated) can behave like animals! I agree that this is totally unnecessary, but if the students aren't educated at home etc, how can you expect them to behave like human beings?

Anonymous 11/4/2009 3:13:18 PM
The rampage and toi- toi approach is what society is teaching the young generation. Not getting your way, tantrum and burn something. You will eventually get your way then.

Whatever happened to discipline and respect for yourself and other people and their belongings.

ATAC 11/4/2009 3:14:38 PM
This is happening in SA also, and tell me who is doing this ? I know who but if you say so then you are a RA...T . Unfortunately it is in their NATURE to destroy and burn thing down, and this is not because they want to achieve something...NO NO this is purely because of a lack of brains to think further then their noses are (long).

BladeRunner 11/4/2009 3:15:27 PM
Hey Dude, dont be so unfair - they are upset that their education is not free, and that the distinction mark is above 30%...

Cynical 11/4/2009 3:19:58 PM
This kind of incident cannot possibly be happening in the New South Africa. Just yesterday Professor Mphatjie Monareng told us on this forum that the grass is greener here. Green yes, like the hole in my arse.

bekkie 11/4/2009 3:26:12 PM
Yep, demand, demand and demand. If I do not get my way then I will make you pay for it. These are adult tantrums. They should be identified and kicked out from every university in the land. In days gone up higher education facilities where seen in a glorious light. Now the scum just demands.

Artvark 11/4/2009 3:26:29 PM
I think these students should all be rewarded with a new bling 7 series BMW!

Spiderman @ zarbastardo 11/4/2009 3:26:32 PM
No youth organisation (incl. ancyl) will ever be held accountable because they are the youth and thus still "under age"!

JC 11/4/2009 3:27:38 PM
Only to be expected when people attend university to use it as a political playground and not to study. Not surprisingly, you will find that those that burnt down everything are your underachievers and will undoubtedly be the least able to pass without that missing library....

Tsotsi 11/4/2009 3:29:24 PM
Funny how this always happens around exam times.... Want their education for free and for FREE!!! Not students but previously disadvanced and presently do not want to advance! Never happened in the OLD SA!?

KOBUS 11/4/2009 3:30:13 PM
It displays total barbarity. These "students" should not be given degrees. How can you employ someone who says he has a degree, but he also burnt down a lecture hall while he was "studying" for that degree? How do you know he won't burn down your offices or start breaking stuff if you employ him and something doesn't go his way?

geanann 11/4/2009 3:32:31 PM
As long as the leaders use students as pawns this will continue.
See:
http://letterdash.com/g.annandale/delivering-anarchy
http://letterdash.com/g.annandale/the-president-and-the-educators

IceCreamMan 11/4/2009 3:32:42 PM
Reminds me of a saying " an optimist is a person who waits at a station for a train he burnt yesterday" Thats all the savages know ...death and destruction.

Lou 11/4/2009 3:33:36 PM
They've shown how much value they place on getting the opportunity to study. They should be criminally prosecuted and the leaders of the student organisations responsible for this must be held accountble. At a minimum they must be removed from their positions and not be allowed to stand for SRC positions. They are nothing but hooligans and are not fit for leadership poistions.

Jay 11/4/2009 3:34:04 PM
When I was at school it was very hard to get into Uni's like RAU and Wits, nowadays if you are the right colour you are automatically put into this system and it does not matter if there is no 2 brain cells to rub together with these morons!!

Poloyatonki@LSA 11/4/2009 3:34:52 PM
Leave ANC out of this rubbish please, This thing happened in KZN, point fingers at IFP.

HN 11/4/2009 3:35:04 PM
You "guys" give SA a bad name, when are you going to learn we need to change the destructive ways of our past!! For heaven sakes catch a wake up.

Sam 11/4/2009 3:35:38 PM
Are these the guys who burned down the schools in the APARTHEID era and now burning lecture halls. Still barbaric and primetive!!! Our future leaders?

oral 11/4/2009 3:36:13 PM
Funny I dont see Malema and the children brigade running over to the University and condemning his behavier? That is just not what the ANCYL is all about .... they only get involved where they have a chance to shout racism and blame the whites for something!

A DJ 11/4/2009 3:39:05 PM
That's how black people in this country roll. You don't get what you want then just burn, loot, rob and destroy. Nothing has changed, doubt anything will soon. Instead of engaging constructively they destruct. Want higher wages then go on the rampage, want better living conditions then go on the rampage, want electricity go on the rampage, want better health care go on the rampage, in fact if they don't get what they want they go on the rampage.

Paradox101 11/4/2009 3:40:44 PM
When I heard about this incident I got really angry. There are people in our country who'd give anything for the chance of a higher education, but these stupid morons would rather burn theirs to the ground. Do they feel their objective has been achieved by burning buildings (the very same buildings where they're suppose to learn and get educated) to the ground? I can't believe people like that is suppose to be the future of SA.

It's a damn same....

Rabbit 11/4/2009 3:41:45 PM
It is the way we have been tought by our leadership. Burn, break, steal - you will get a good job and earn lots of money

Spiderman @ zarbastardo 11/4/2009 3:41:53 PM
No youth organisation (incl. ancyl) will ever be held accountable because they are the youth and thus still "under age"!

POST MY COMMENTS PLEASE 11/4/2009 3:42:25 PM
That is why they can't read and spell

LSA@Poliodonkey 11/4/2009 3:42:28 PM
Read the story please before you defend your precious ANC. The damage was caused by Sasco(an ANC aligned organisation).

Trout 11/4/2009 3:43:18 PM
Just have a look and see, what majority race is doing these things. They just follow there leaders. Viva ANC

Gpurscreepers 11/4/2009 3:43:33 PM
Yep, what a wonderful country. The only country in the world where you can riot and loot to 'demand' higher marks at school.
But my favourite was when they burnt a train because it was late. The next day there was no train and they were even more cheesed off. No worries, they burnt the train station down to illustrate their unhappiness.
Genius, pure genius I tell you.


GetOutWhileYouCan 11/4/2009 3:45:47 PM
Agree with Cynical, yes Professor Mphatjie Monareng , here are your hooligans.

Unreal 11/4/2009 3:46:26 PM
@poliodonkey... you are really unbelievable. Anybody picks on the ANC and you come running to their defence... not even a clue as to what the article is about. You must have burnt your lecture hall down as we can all clearly see you didn't get an education!!!!!!! apart from all the brainwashing at the ANC rallies you attend

Thobi 11/4/2009 3:46:29 PM
This article does not warrant any debate nor comments. We all know the students are out of hand, to say the least. Politicizing this issue is a pathetic attempt at sneering at the government or anyone else who is not these idiotic students for that matter. I'm bored. Moving along please.....

Stryder 11/4/2009 3:46:44 PM
I was a bleeding heart liberal until I attended university. After witnessing these animals interupting classes and destroying property, year after year after year, I rapidly became less sympathetic, to the point where today I just could not give an iota about them and their "problems".

Mike 11/4/2009 3:47:02 PM
Surprised Mr Malema has not blamed the actions of these mindless morons on apartheid. Funny how he looses his voice when things like this happens - maybe he was leading from the front last night. And then we read that unemployment is at 40%.Just think, SA has a higher rate of unemployment that the pass mark(35%)you need at school nowadays. Talk about regression.Oh well, looks like these morons prefer destruction to education.Looks like the lessons of the 70's and 80's have been well taught, despite a complete change in government.

Phil 11/4/2009 3:50:50 PM
Who really cares? Look at the history of Africa, nothing changes and it never will. If the youth have a leader such as J. Mal Ennema, then burning and looting are the order of the day. "Ons vir jou Suid-Afrika!" My holy sack! What a pathetic and sad joke our country has become.

ChapStick 11/4/2009 3:51:57 PM
Just another symtom of the disease known as the ANC and all its 'comrades'. There is a complete lack of respect and preservation on the part of the 'comrade'. Why is it that when things don't go the way of our 'comrades' there is a culture of destruction and violence? Surely there must be some semblance of civility amoung 'comrades'? Or am I just hoping for too much? Will Bobo, Zizo, Tumelo or Halfwise please respond.

Sambok 11/4/2009 3:55:12 PM
These same "silly students" are tomorrow's BEE managers.

@LSA@Poliodonkey 11/4/2009 3:56:39 PM
that is the biggest problem in SA people dont know the full truth, rather look for someone to blame or cry innocence when it is too obvious that it could not be someone else

Mtima 11/4/2009 3:57:00 PM
lol, news24 comments rocks my world,

charles 11/4/2009 4:00:34 PM
lol, Government thinks we need more education and then they burn the places down. Please can I have a refund on my tax money as they definately don't want an education.

Benzo 11/4/2009 4:01:15 PM
There is a positive statistical relationship between the level of violent destruction and the darkness of the skin of the perpetrators. It is not a racial thing, it must be a cultural thing. Call in the Department of Art & Culture so they can do some serious work instead of changing street names.

Jacques 11/4/2009 4:01:28 PM
at one point you can't believe!

raptor 11/4/2009 4:13:58 PM
These people are criminals and should be shot and killed.

Dizz 11/4/2009 4:20:04 PM
What ewver they were looking for, they probably not going to get it anymore, because all that money needs to go into the repair of the buildings. Very smart students we have!

Poloyatonki@LSA 11/4/2009 4:21:00 PM
How can someone be aligned to SASCO if he/she is not a card carrying member of such an organization?

Sambok 11/4/2009 4:26:15 PM
Hey guys, at least these rioting students didn't urinate in food....
Yes ANC, it is time to sort out your own house before sensationalising incidents like in Bloem.

Wise old owl 11/4/2009 4:27:13 PM
Disgraceful??? Don't issue any degrees until damage is restored back to what it was. This should teach them a lesson.

Kosie 11/4/2009 4:31:58 PM
I dont see criminal acts as silly! That is how uneducated Buffoons, the leader Buffoons of tomorrow make statements! We should shoot these bastards!

garyh 11/4/2009 4:39:05 PM
As cliched as it sounds, this is an african thing. It always amazed me that if people in SA are unhappy, they destroy, which essentially only serves to aggravate their already k@k situation, buses, schools, trains, these things are there to serve the very people that are buring them down, go figure. I do however think that these bad habits are carried over from the struggle days when they wanted to hurt the Nat Government, and rightly so! However these silly people need to realise that this is their very own elected goverment. Its no wonder really, with all the 'fight' and 'struggle' and 'revolution' talk that is still spewed forth on a daily basis, the poor masses are still confused, as their plight has really not gotten much better, and they are disillussioned with the ANC.

Juan - REMEMBER 11/4/2009 4:40:09 PM
EVOLUTION TAKES MILLIONS OF YEARS.

A DJ@Stinkpony 11/4/2009 4:40:17 PM
What??? Card carrying nonsense you talking about fool? So this is how the ANC and it's alliance partners have been getting away with things, by denying invovlement because they not card carrying members... hahahaha!! You and halfwise the same person me thinks!

Babba 11/4/2009 4:49:16 PM
Because that is the way of Africans. History shows....

Spartan 11/4/2009 4:49:28 PM
Bunch of scum. They wonder why they live in shit, no correction, they dont wonder, that would require a thought process.

Boondokker 11/4/2009 4:52:06 PM
If you can't eat it................

Sparky 11/4/2009 4:53:22 PM
It's the African way.

Mark 11/4/2009 4:58:33 PM
Do they think we will hire them? I don't think so! Here is a little secret .... Look beyond today morons, your actions have consequences.

jeanne 11/4/2009 5:03:38 PM
How did these morons every get to university to begin with. They cannot have really passed a high enough matric mark to get in. Why? Because they are idiots and I refute they could have enough brain power to gain genuine university entrance.

This is another reason why we should have a franchise system in place with regard to voting. Only people with a high enough standard of education should be allowed to vote. Perhaps if a system as undemocratic as that is, is put into place, we will get a proper government, and the hooligans that are burning and destroying property, will be working in the fields and factories where they belong. If that sounds racist tough, I am just so sick of such stupidity and thugery.

cj 11/4/2009 5:03:49 PM
During the 80's the ANC encouraged its supporters in these actions.
People complain about service delivery and burn what they have, which has to be replaced, therefore less funds for other things. Its very simple.
Unfortunately these people are so used to getting something for nothing they dont understand the basics.
Do what they do in England with the football hooligans, put photos in the press and name and shame, offer reward then put them in prison.

Jo 11/4/2009 5:06:53 PM
I will bet money thet some of our future leaders was involved.We have mos a culture of burn destroy and toi toi.This will just give the bastards some more "struggle credentials".

shiznit 11/4/2009 5:07:52 PM
Only animals act this way. Strangely enough it's only black people who act this way. This is a symally of a metaphore

AG 11/4/2009 5:11:09 PM
It was bored and bred into them, seek and destoy, if you don't get your way. No wonder the whole of Africa is in chaos, and will remain in chaos until the mindset of the young people are changed. This will take a long long time. They have a golden opportunity to study and make something of themselves, but instead they prohibit anyone from learning. GROW UP, and start acting like grown ups.

Ghwappie @ Poliodonkey 11/4/2009 5:12:32 PM
"Alignment" means that they... ag, never mind, I'll draw you a picture.

ror 11/4/2009 5:17:58 PM
This is part of the communist leadership's plot - the peasants must not be educated so they can not read but only work in the fields. Look back in history and also currnetly in Zim.

Bob 11/4/2009 5:42:25 PM
Look at how their pants look... saggin'. Look at that description backwards.

sobeit 11/4/2009 5:44:04 PM
Taxpayers should take lessons from these "students" and embark on a similar Accountability Protest to wake government from its slumber.

@Author 11/4/2009 5:52:27 PM
Well they did inherite it from their parents so its not really that surprising. Oh and writing just "students" doesnt make it a general thing. We all know its the black students

Toothfairy 11/4/2009 6:46:37 PM
Chase them back into the bush, these thugs do no belong at any university, that is evidently way too civilized for them ...maybe Malema can recruit them, they seem to be his kind of crowd.

Alexis 11/4/2009 7:50:54 PM
Before you read too much into this I'm not a member of any political organization. That being said I find some of the comments on this page a bit disturbing- these aren't savages, these are people for goodness sake! True they're misguided, but to subversively imply they're less human smells more of the old regime than the SA I've grown up in. How would some of you feel if these were your children being called terrorists? These kids are simply angry and don't know how to channel their anger. While there have been political leaders for these movements in the past, that does not mean that the same is true now. And even if it is, you can't blame everyone for the actions of a few. It's easy for us who have benefited from the universities to criticize the children, but what is actually going in these universities? Do any of us know for sure? Quite frankly I don't, so I will not try to say. Don't be so quick to reach for anger when you don't know all the facts, otherwise you're just as ignorant as those kids.

Ryan 11/4/2009 7:59:43 PM
you can take them out of the bush...

BrEnt 11/4/2009 8:07:06 PM
These comrades must be rewarded for their bravery and for standing up against anything from the imperialists eg Education. Give them a nice beeg house in Sandton and a nice shiny new BMW 7 series and a future spot with the ANC as rewards. Viva Viva.

Nunu 11/4/2009 8:33:32 PM
I feel deeply saddened for the students that desire to have a higher education and then you get morons that literally burn away their dreams.

Clearly we are living in a country of low evolution.... proudly South African hey??????

Relax 11/4/2009 8:33:53 PM
These kids do not understand what opportunity they have. There are many poor kids who want to study but there is no opportunity for them. Identify and give those kids the opportunity. Throw these “connected ones" out.

Nunu 11/4/2009 8:34:19 PM
I feel deeply saddened for the students that desire to have a higher education and then you get morons that literally burn away their dreams.

Clearly we are living in a country of low evolution.... proudly South African hey??????

Benzo 11/4/2009 8:48:01 PM
@Alexis: "These kids are simply angry......" OK, suggest that today's students, over and above matric passrate, do have a diploma in "anger management" or show an insurance policy that covers all potential damage they cause when they "are simply angry". Do me a favour..understanding has to come from both sides. Breaking and burning is destructive and does not solve problems. These guys are supposedly academics, future leaders. Behaving like hooligans and causing serious and irreparable damage does not belong there.

Nibble@Alexis 11/4/2009 8:55:48 PM
Alexis

Don't make excuses for these people! Nobody will ever call my children terrorists because they know how to behave themselves!

This is definitely a culture thing. I have never in my life heard of white people who would burn down libraries and schools. Have you?

Nibble away

Harsh 11/4/2009 9:56:05 PM
To those who are protecting these students, go read the law. Destruction of property and vandalism is a SERIOUS offense. To say they are simply angry is a lame pathetic excuse, which, to be frank, does not justify their actions. This strike culture is actually embedded into South Africa's youth because whenever there's a strike, the government bends over backwards and cedes to the strikers. Let us be frank with this, these students were at fault, but at the same time, this country's government with its policies to protect such instigators is no better off.

Cracker 11/4/2009 10:28:03 PM
It is not right to compare the students with animals. Animals do not behave in the same way as the so-called students and can be trusted.
As for @Alexis 7:50 pm, please do not expect others with common sense to share in your ridiculousness. What facts can possibly justify the actions? It is sickening that excuses are always dug up for unacceptable behaviour. Everybody experiences anger. It is not an excuse to go out and destroy. Must the government from now on specifically make provision in budgets for the likelihood of damage due to destructive behaviour by angry students? What a peculiar moral statement by Alexis.

Yebo 11/4/2009 10:52:11 PM
Will the ANCYL speak out against this... off course not, apparently its the right thing to do... IDIOTS!

Nicholas 11/5/2009 1:24:30 AM
It is the African way - burn and destroy (or change a couple of names), never build or create.

AJ 11/5/2009 5:37:24 AM
Dont worry, this also happens overseas everywhere too. Sorry that excuse is wearing thin. SA has it's own unique group of morons. If this is what the students who have a shot a a degree and white collar employment do, just imagine what the poor sods who dont get to varsity will be like. Keep your rose tinted glass people. it's down down down I'm afraid. Pity though.

AJ @ Alexis 11/5/2009 5:39:51 AM
I often wonder who is the biggest danger to a civilised society, people that burn things down and destroy or bleeding liberals like yourself who refuse to blame or punish anybody and never hold somebody responsible for their actions. Shall we set aside 20 billion in the budget for anger management lessons, perhpas have a conference and read poetry or something to get in touch with ourselves.... get over yourself.

Joohne 11/5/2009 6:12:58 AM
It's a matter of diccipline. They don't have it. It's lacking in all spheres of society. Look at the way people are driving.

Pleb 11/5/2009 6:17:39 AM
Didn't mandela say liberation before education ?

Doc Lize 11/5/2009 6:23:02 AM
These kids should be named and shamed.Their names should be sent to their parents and they and their parents should be held responsible for the cost of repairing the damages.If any Student Body was involved,the National Body to which they are associated to, could help bear the cost.

JD 11/5/2009 6:34:45 AM
There is no accountability for their actions and that is why it will never stop, same as with violent strikes they go on a rampage and destroy property and the next week they are in the class again, nobody get expelled, you never hear that anybody get's prosecuted, they continue as if nothing has happened until the next year. Interesting but a few years back studies has shown that most of these students is under performers anyway that does not have a realistic chance to pass and that may be another reason to try and disrupt it for the rest. everybody struggles to afford univesrity by burning it down wont help either, make me think of the story of killing the goose to get to all the golden eggs sorry that does not work.

DaveS 11/5/2009 6:53:45 AM
Our country's future leaders! A frightening thought.

Woke up 11/5/2009 7:04:27 AM
What a way to start my morning... Welcome to the new SA

Eles 11/5/2009 7:16:12 AM
Tertiary education is a privilege not a right. I agree that this behaviour is unacceptable and more frightening to me is that this is also incredibly stupid behaviour - call me racist if you must but this makes me doubt BEE placements even more. What is burnt down must be replaced - where must these funds come from? I want to see police and government hold people accountable for their actions, these students should be suspended and made to raise funds to replace what they destroyed and given a final warning that any such future behaviour will see them thrown out. I am sick of service delivery protests where people go on the rampage and destroy things - they should be held accountable like the xenophobic murderers that was murder - who is serving prison sentences for this? I will go further to say that I do believe that if the said people were white the police and government approach would be completely different if the Reitz incident is anything to go by. Generally speaking there seems to be large amount of young adults with entitlement attitudes who are extremely lazy if this is our future of this country it is very sad indeed and at this rate why bother sending kids to SA institutions at all we will have to send kids overseas to study.

arfie 11/5/2009 7:31:26 AM
Will this also be blamed on "apartheid" after being in a democracy for 15 years? They obviously recon they have enough education, kick them out and give the seats to students who want to be taught.

JohnnyBeGood 11/5/2009 7:41:51 AM
I went to Tech long time ago, did my studies, whilst dodging rocks thrown at us, by you know who.
I have my (well paying) job. I wonder where these rock-throwing idiots are today ?

ewdin 11/5/2009 7:55:16 AM
@Alexis: Moral values must be teached at home. Chances are good that these kids' parents burnt down the schools in the 70s.

Craig 11/5/2009 8:29:13 AM
well thats the mentality of the "new south africa"...strike to get something, get it and destroy it. Look at government, housing, sport, etc etc etc

Stryder@JohnnyBeGood 11/5/2009 8:29:22 AM
In government

JaNee 11/5/2009 8:31:34 AM
Criminals not "Silly Students".

Alexis 11/5/2009 8:34:19 AM
Nice to see everyone is reading so much into what I said. Guess I'll just have to spell it out for everyone then: I AM NOT DEFENDING THESE ACTS OF VANDALISM, I am criticizing the racial undertones in some of the remarks on this page, for example the comments about "out of the bush" and "black people destroy everything".

The individuals who instigated these acts of vandalism and those who committed them should most definitely be punished, but that doesn't mean every student (or African) who ever participated in some form of protest should be belittled for disagreeing.

And Nibble, for your information ignorance is not an African "culture thing". And I believe you might recall a certain group of national socialists who thought they were the master race? They burnt books too...and if I remember correctly they were white

glen 11/5/2009 8:37:23 AM
These are the same idiots that want FREE varsity and then free BEE or AA, They are the death of OUR country ,Yes SA belongs to all Black and White , RICH and POOR , CLEVER and DUM This small group think it is only their Country . I hope they go to jail and do hard labour

ria@Alexis 11/5/2009 8:38:43 AM
ROFL. Very few of these poor little children are under 21 years of age. The only thing childlike about them is their lack of self control. Like two year olds throwing tantrums. I taught at a university and these protests usually took place shortly before exam time, when students were informed whether they had been admitted to the exams. Those who had not passed their assignments/attended lectures/passed their tests etc. were denied entry to the exams and they were the ones who dreamt up all sorts of grievances and did the toi-toing.

meester 55 11/5/2009 8:39:13 AM
Well, in SA that seems to be the only way people can think of to solve problems. Burn stuff.
It reminds me of an incident some years ago. A bunch of commuters were dissatisfied with the train service. Not enough train they said. So they decided to burn some of them, so there can be more...

Hmm... I'm confused

cj@cj 11/5/2009 9:01:23 AM
Hey cj, go find yourself another pseudonym - I am the original "cj" and have been for many months. I have no desire to be associated with your views, whether I agree with them or not.

Pai 11/5/2009 9:19:18 AM
I work at a university and I can tell you that if this is the leaders of tomorrow than I'm really,really,really scared.

NiCcI 11/5/2009 9:46:14 AM
I completely agree with Ria. These students are angry because they don't get what they want, but the fact is that they didn't work for it. They'd rather laze around and skip classes and not hand in assignments. Then they want to riot because they didn't get enough marks or attendance to write exams.

@Alexis - Any reasonable person reading your first comment would see it as you defending these people. "These are angry children"..."they're misguided"..."otherwise you're just as ignorant"... It seems you're the ignorant and misguided one! These "kids" are referred to as savages and terrorists because that is exactly how they behave!!! What they are doing is a criminal offence (arson, destroying state-owned property). So if I am angry and I burn down someone's property and get someone injured or killed I would just be "angry" and "misguided"? GIVE ME A BREAK!!!

Apostle :o) 11/5/2009 10:31:13 AM
put them behind bars!! Not to long after the whole thing with lowering the cost of there university fees I walked on one of the university campuses and checked the place is messed with beer bottles! Is that the reason they want the fees to be lowered? So they have more "PARTY BUCKS"? Its sad but reality! Only God can help these folk I tell you!!

popo 11/5/2009 10:34:15 AM
oh what a shame. its very unfortunate that they don't realise that they will pay for all the damage. one or the other someone must pay for that

ZAPPA@alexis 11/5/2009 11:25:01 AM
BOY O BOY, So much crap from one person.

ZION@SCAASI 11/5/2009 11:28:31 AM
Well I never. How on earth do you arrive at the heading: "Silly Students" The actions of these students would be better described as CRIMINAL.

Dali 11/5/2009 2:29:28 PM
Forget these hooligans ...i mean who burns down libraries and lecture halls ?? just now they'll complain about not having facilities , it just doesn't make sense . Lets jus gas all of them and move on .

valentino 11/5/2009 3:47:23 PM
That is way there is so much racial tension on universities, a certian minority just want to study to get somewhere in life, and the majority just want to behave like animals when they don't get their way. It is a simple thing called inherent self-respect

Natalie@Jacques 11/5/2009 7:58:50 PM
Thats my favourite line!!! Gareth Cliff plays it all the time

Valerie 11/5/2009 8:01:52 PM
The more i read about ppl goingon a rampage the more irritated i get.this is so typical of stupid ppl.Ignorant idiots with nothing better to do.Like the people that stand outside every single court and toi toi as if their life depended on it.So stupid and irritating and ignorant.

Making me angry all over again!!

Scaasi@ZION 11/5/2009 8:14:12 PM
I dont think i titled my letter as i was too upset busy typing this letter in the first place.

Samantha@Nicci 11/5/2009 8:15:55 PM
Nicci you right,does that mean i can burn down palces and say oops sorry ive been misguided? This is ridiculous really.Cant understand how these university students are even still allowed to on campus inb the first place.Makes me wonder how they actually managed to get there in the first place!

melwnee 11/8/2009 12:08:41 AM
Animals are better behaved. Animals do not cause malicious destruction, animals can't reason. Animals react. These "students" are worse than any animal purely because as a human they are supposed to have powers of reasoning.

Anne S 11/9/2009 11:06:36 AM
This is to be expected. These morons are behaving just like the rest of Africa. When Africans get upset with something they break it down, burn tyres and toi toi like stupid fools (which they are). I want nothing to do with these people and they better stay out of my way. I will give them a piece of my mind. The police or military should be called in and they should use brutal force to launch a couterattack on these uncivilized fools. Why do Africans behave like this?????

Jaydee 11/9/2009 11:13:52 AM
Based on evolution, i'd say they're not ready for education....Prosecute and a stiff jail term for all...Animals all of them.

Ponsi @ ALL RACISTS 11/9/2009 11:17:19 AM
I am stunned by all the RACIST comments here. You dont know what happened and if you not know the full story dont comment. This is just a display of people thats unhappy with service. STOP this blatant RACISM YA ALL

Kay @ Anne S 11/9/2009 11:28:03 AM
lol! Are you here in Africa? If so you are more a fool than I thought. Secondly since when has rioting been only in Africa? You clearly don't watch news do you? What about the riots in France? The Man U match riot about 2 weeks ago. you are those ignorant people who come on here and just write nonsense!! comment on the act. It was criminal and stupid. And was not done by all 487 million Africans you so despise and "want nothing to do with". lol! you're a joke!

KAY @ Anne S and all racits commenters 11/9/2009 11:40:02 AM
Lol! Are you here in Africa? If so you are more a fool than I thought. Secondly since when has rioting been only in Africa? You clearly don't watch news do you? What about the riots in France? The Man U match riot about 2 weeks ago. you are those ignorant people who come on here and just write nonsense!! comment on the act. It was criminal and stupid. And was not done by all 487 million Africans you so despise and "want nothing to do with. Honestly when did this become a discussion on evolution and racism. It scares me to think people with these mind sets have childrena dn probably teach them the same values. wow......

Anne S @ Kay 11/9/2009 11:45:04 AM
YOU ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH. I was referring to the African students. This is not Man United that's now under discussion. Please evaporate from this site.AND I will still ask the question: Why do Africans behave like this???????

Jaydee 11/9/2009 11:53:40 AM
If any of my kids " SET FIRE " to their school, for any reason...I'd take them to the police myself....

Suzi Mtwetwe 11/9/2009 12:17:42 PM
Bring back compulsory national service,
these idiots need to be taught discipline and respect for authority at least the old SA was a disciplined one.

Suzi Mtwetwe 11/9/2009 12:28:47 PM
Kay @ Anne, seeing as you are so intent on being factual, 487 million South Africans? Back to grade 1 for you my dear.

DrillSergent@Suzi 11/9/2009 12:33:08 PM
I concur....SA was disciplined once.

@Jaydee 11/9/2009 1:08:32 PM
If only there were more parents like you

Amanda 11/9/2009 1:11:38 PM
My boss just made me mad now.Im going to go burn down her office but doubt ill get away with it!
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