MEDIA STATEMENT
BY THE
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
SADESMO - We Strongly Condemn ANCYL Behaviour
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The Howard College SADESMO Branch at the University of KwaZulu Natal would like to express its disapproval with the behaviour of the ANCYL this past weekend, as they were holding their Provincial Conference on the campus. This ANCYL Conference came at a very crucial time for the whole University, more especially Howard College, as students are writing their half yearly exams. Students residing at the Florence Powell residence, which is the students' residence close to where the actual Congress was held, raised their complaints over the high level of noise that was made during the proceedings of the Conference, as well as by the delegates who played ANC songs loudly from their cars until the early hours of the morning, whilst consuming alcohol. Students are writing exams and this high level of noise was inappropriate and distracting. The behaviour of the delegates was totally unacceptable and the filth they left around the campus is repulsive. SADESMO had placed posters around campus wishing students GOOD LUCK for their exams, only to find on Monday that all of these posters have been torn down. Furthermore, students who were wearing their SADESMO T-shirts on campus were intimidated and we have no doubt these acts were carried out by the very same delegates who turned this campus into an uncouth ANCYL bash. We urge the University management not to allow such events to occur in the future during the exam period as it disturbs academic processes on campus, as students unfortunately experienced over this last weekend. Issued by: |