A SHOWDOWN looms between the University of Zimbabwe and students
after the institution recently issued a directive barring students from
kissing or making any form of intimate gestures.
In a circular pasted on students’ halls of residence, the university warned
that anyone “caught in intimate position (kissing or having sex in public
places),” risked immediate eviction from the halls of residence.
The university also barred students from “loitering in dark places at night
especially in areas around Langham Road, dark areas outside the sports
pavilion and lecture venues, allowing oneself to be a nuisance within the
University premises and harbouring squatters in the study bedroom,
among others.”
The Zimbabwe National Students ’Union (Zinasu) yesterday described the
regulations as an infringement of their rights.
“These rules infringe on our rights as adults. We cannot be treated like
secondary school children. The university is giving too much power to the
guards who are left to define what intimate positions means. We cannot
allow it,” said Zinasu board member Tinotenda Mhungu.
Zinasu UZ president Gift Maphosa said the regulations were implemented
without the consent of the Student Representative Committee.
“About 500 Manfred residents were made to sign as they had attended the
meeting. Students are intimidated by the threat of being refused residence
on campus. Accommodation is problematic at the institution and students
will sign anything to ensure they get accommodation, but this is not fair,”
Maphosa said.
Sources said students in other hostels had refused to sign the indemnity
forms, describing the stringent admission regulations as unfair.
Source:Newsday
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