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CPUT’s chaotic second semester ends

EFF-led SRC made several allegations against CPUT management, which the university rejects

Windows at CPUT’s Cape Town campus, damaged by rocks thrown by protesting students. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Violent protests in August forced CPUT to suspend classes and ask students to vacate its residences.
The second semester has now officially ended and students are expected to return on 14 September.
The academic year will be extended to 14 December to make up for weeks lost.
The Student Representative Council is calling for investigations into the university’s alleged mismanagement. The university has rejected the allegations.

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)’s second semester, marked by weeks of violent protests, ended on Friday.
CPUT suspended lectures almost three weeks ago, on 18 August, and gave students 24 hours to vacate its residences…

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