Update
MOSSEL BAY NEWS - Students from South Cape TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) College in Mossel Bay and George started with protest action on Tuesday 18 February and continued today, demanding answers about their bursary monies.
The protest in Mossel Bay is a peaceful one, outside the college in Essenhout Street in Heiderand.
The students want answers as to why some students got their bursary money and others didn’t.
Police at the George campus had to disperse the students with stun guns after they started to throw trash about from the rubbish bins and enter the administration office complex. One student at the George campus was injured on Tuesday when she tried to jump a fence.
According to Col Seppie September, the station commander of the Mossel Bay police, the police and Public Order Policing Unit (POPS) are on the scene and monitoring the situation.
On Tuesday, the college closed early due to the marches and a few incidents of students trying to stop other students from going to class were reported.
September said to the Mossel Bay Advertiser that, apart from the incidents, the students were calm and everything was under control.
According to the head of the college, Carmen Moorcroft, some of the students already left the campus.
The Mossel Bay campus discontinued classes for today.
The principal of the college, Elsie Potgieter will address the students on Thursday morning.
The South Cape Colleges are part of the education system that combines education, training and skills development.
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