An open letter to UCT's Max Price: Your compromising is costing us dearly
'From the Fallist discourse‚ whose position you are apparently adopting‚ decolonising appears to mean abandoning UCT’s progressive‚ liberal and internationalist tradition'
After a month of shutdown‚ the University of Cape Town opened its doors again this week only to witness classes being disrupted‚ protests by students and stun grenades let off in response.The university said in a statement on Tuesday‚ "protesters blocked Baxter Road outside the Tugwell residence this morning. Jammie Shuttle services have been disrupted due to protest action"."At about 09:15 the protesters moved towards Kopano residence where SAPS fired two stun grenades and a smoke grenade to disperse the group. The protesters then regrouped and marched through lower campus. A fire extinguisher was set off at the School of Economics building."Meanwhile‚ Shackville TRC put out a statement that said: "Currently police are in mass at UCT and putting on riot gear. All we have done is attempt to walk to the University Campus. The University of Cape Town and public policing is now operating outside the realms of the law."One support staff member at UCT is angry about the way the crisis h...
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