Student injured in Durban protest
2013-03-14 10:07
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Durban - A student has been injured in a protest at the
Durban campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, it was reported on Thursday.
Students started protesting on Monday for better accommodation
after spending the weekend in "unsafe hotels in the Point area", The
Mercury reported.
On Friday, about 500 students were reportedly left without
accommodation after being forced to check out of the Coastlands Hotel to make
way for a long-standing booking.
The university was paying for students to stay at the hotel
because of problems in residences.
According to The Mercury, it had organised for the students
to be accommodated at the Royal Hotel, but they were refused entry.
Lectures were disrupted on Wednesday and a student was hit
on the head with a brick.
"We will not stop until we are given proper
accommodation," a student leader was quoted as telling the protesters.
The university told the newspaper it had obtained a court
interdict "restraining any further disruptions and illegal gatherings on
the university's five campuses".
University spokesperson Nomonde Mbadi said the injured
student had been taken to hospital.
The Witness reported that the student was in a critical
condition.
- SAPA
