SW Radio Africa (London)
Lance Guma
16 April 2008
Students at the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo rioted on campus Wednesday, demanding that Robert Mugabe step down as Chancellor of the University.
The demonstration is said to have turned violent when riot police entered the campus and started beating up students indiscriminately. Angry students then turned on one member of the police force who was brandishing a pistol, and stoned him. Several cars and buildings were stoned during the skirmishes.
The students are angry about the poor educational standards in the country and blame Mugabe's misrule for their plight. They also demanded a release of presidential election results, which have still not been announced 18 days after Zimbabweans voted. Zimbabwe National Students Union President Clever Bere warned Mugabe that students would make the country 'ungovernable' if he tried to 'steal' the election.
The students have declared they will go on an indefinite class boycott while they wait for new a Chancellor to be installed. They said Mugabe's term expired on March 28th. Meanwhile another statement from ZINASU says over 300 students at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare demonstrated against the withholding of presidential election results. A branch of the Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ), which operates from campus, was shut down during the protest.
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