MEDIA STATEMENT
BY THE
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
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IFP MEDIA
STATEMENT BY: 11 March 2008 The Inkatha Freedom Party unashamedly opposes and questions the findings of the Mangosuthu University of Technology's Executive Committee of the Academic Board that was tasked to investigate the violence that arose from protests at the University last week. The Committee's report is placing the blame squarely on SADESMO and it is clear that the University is not willing to shoulder any blame itself. What the Inkatha Freedom Party would like to know from the University is the following: -Was there a commission of enquiry or a fact-finding mission? -If so, who formed part of this commission? The allegations made in their findings are totally one-sided and unsubstantial. Furthermore, the use of rubber bullets on students must be strongly condemned. Hence the reason why the IFP called for a proper investigation into the current situation at the University. We did not just want a report with mere findings by an Academic Board. The IFP believes the University must stop playing political games and furnish us with the truth. Management's belief that students should be victimised is a clear indication of where their political affiliations lie.
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