ANELISIWE WALI
Imisebenzi yezemfundo e-Durban University of Technology iphazamiseke kakhulu njengoba abafundi bebhikisha ngenxa yokungakhokhelwa kwezibonelelo zabo, kanti ukungezwani sekukhule kwaze kwaholela ekucekelweni phansi kwempahla yesikhungo.
Abafundi baphume baya ezitaladini ngosuku lwamgoMsombuluko 6 Ephreli bekhombisa ukunganeliseki ngokubambezeleka nokungakhokhwa kwezibonelelo. Nakuba abanye beqinisekisile ukuthi bazitholile izimali zabo, abaningi bathi abakakaze bathole lutho kusukela ngoFebhuwari, okubashiye bengakwazi ukuthenga izinto eziyisisekelo sokuphila.
Lo mbhikisho, oholwa isiqubulo esithi “No allowance, No classes,” udale ukuthi izixuku zabafundi zingayi emakilasini kuze kube izinkinga zabo zezimali ziyaxazululwa. Ababhikishi bathi ukuya ezifundweni ngaphandle kokusekelwa ngezimali akunakwenzeka, njengoba abaningi bethembele kulezi zibonelelo ukuze bathenge ukudla, bakhokhele ezokuthutha kanye nezinto zokufunda ezibalulekile.
“Asikwazi ukufunda silambile,” kusho omunye umfundi obhikishelayo. “Abanye bethu abakakaze bathole ngisho isenti kusukela ngoFebhuwari. Kulindeleke kanjani ukuthi sigxile ezifundweni uma silambile?”
Abanye baphinde bagcizelela umthelela ezimfundweni, bethi ukungabi bikho kwezimali kwenze kwaba nzima ukuthenga izincwadi nezinye izinto zokufunda. “Siyasalela emuva ngoba asinazo ngisho nezinsiza esizidingayo ukuze sifunde,” kusho omunye umfundi.
Imibhikisho iphinde yaba nodlame njengoba ukucasuka kukhula, okuholele ekonakaleni kwempahla yesikhungo. Amafasitela aphukile, izimoto zonakaliswa, futhi nezingxenye zamagethi esikhungo zacekelwa phansi ngesikhathi sodlame. Ubukhulu balo monakalo sebudale ukukhathazeka ngokuphepha kanye nomthelela wesikhathi eside ekusebenzeni kwesikhungo.
Abaphathi besikhungo sebekhiphe ezinye izimali ebezisalindile futhi baqinisekise ukuthi zonke izibonelelo zizokhishwa ngokuphelele ngaphambi komhla -24 kuNdasa. Naphezu kwalokhu, abafundi abaningi basalokhu bemi ngokuqinile, begcizelela ukuthi bazobuyela emakilasini kuphela uma zonke izimali sezikhokhiwe.
Isimo sisalukhuni, imisebenzi yezemfundo imisiwe, kanti kusekhona ukungaqiniseki ngokuthi izifundo zizobuyela nini esimeni esijwayelekile.
