http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=352953
It has been a very heated weekend at Fort Hare with many Zimbabwean students loosing their scholarships because they publicly vowed their allegience to the MDC party of Zimbabwe. Manyo of these students are on the Presidential scholarship and suddenly they have been stripped of their had-earned scholarships. It has been said that there Mugabe's spies on the campus watching every Zimbabweans move and making sure they identify those that are anti-ZANU. These spies have been a common feature on Zimbabwe's streets but one never thought that they would be found on campus'. Students have been protesting on their lost of scholarships but a spokesperson said it was due to the fact that they violated a clause that they are not meant to be politically active.
The question now is don't these students have a right to profess who they are loyal to especially if they are not on home ground? If students have societies or leagues for their parties such as the ANC or COPE youth leagues surely on a campus that has the high number of Zimbabwean students they should be allowed to have either MDC or ZANU PF youth leagues. We are in a era were the country is being run on a inclusive government, yet again one should not forget where their bread is buttered Accepting the Presidential Scholarhsip meant that you have an allegience to the government as well as the party that is in charge, so this is a very difficult situation as one has to determine what is important to risk losing an opportunity for an education or to be loyal to those that grant them the opportunity to be where they are.
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