{"id":1423,"date":"2018-02-28T00:21:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T00:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2018-02-28T00:23:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T00:23:37","slug":"zimbabwe-nust-demo-60-students-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2018\/02\/28\/zimbabwe-nust-demo-60-students-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: Nust Demo – 60 Students Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

All Africa<\/p>\n

Some 60 National University of Science (NUST) students were arrested Monday for demonstrating against a stand-off between lecturers and management at the institution.<\/p>\n

Tutors have been on a strike which has paralysed operations at the university with students saying they have gone for four weeks without lectures.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the scholars barricaded roads around the university, resulting in running battles with police in riot gear for the better part of Monday morning.<\/p>\n

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When NewZimbabwe.com’s news crew visited the campus, agitated students had blocked Cecil Avenue and the Beitbridge\/ Harare roads with tree logs, stones and tyres.<\/p>\n

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The university’s Student Representative Council (SRC) said arrested students, who include ZINASU southern region chairperson Pashor Sibanda, are being held at Bulawayo Central Police Station.<\/p>\n

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Bulawayo police spokesperson, Inspector Precious Simango, could not immediately confirm the arrests.<\/p>\n

“I can confirm that there are demonstrations at NUST right now but as for the arrests, I have not yet received reports of arrests so far.<\/p>\n

“I will come back to you as soon as I get the information,” said Simango.<\/p>\n

NewZimbabwe.com however, witnessed several students being bundled into waiting police trucks.<\/p>\n

NUST lecturers have been on a strike for some time, protesting the alleged mismanagement of resources at the institution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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