"Bunch of Animals" is one comment on CPUT strikes.What is your opinion?

“CPUT student strike turns violent”, “Violent CPUT students get attacked by Police”, “and Management closes CPUT”, “Violence at CPUT protest”
These were some of the headlines splashed across newspapers during the time of the CPUT strikes.

GREAT publicity for our institution isn’t it? What parent would want to send their children to CPUT after seeing that this is the manner in which our institution handles a problem?

Personally I think this was a strike that was handled in completely the wrong manner. I personally do understand the reason for the strikes, but why did students turn so violent? Was it necessary to start vandalising the CPUT property??Raid cafeterias? Put the lives of fellow CPUT students in danger??Ruin the reputation of CPUT for potential students? A simple answer, NO!!!!

There are definitely two guilty parties in this whole strike, the SRC and Management. The SRC firstly did not take the time to involve all students in the strike process. They took the liberty to act on behalf of all the CPUT students, but never bothered to involve or even inform students of what this was all about. Management on the other hand was wrong for not communicating with the SRC and did not take the time to “read” the document presented by the SRC, which resulted in their violent response.

Striking has become a regular event at our institution, in my four years of studying at this institution, there has been at least one or two strikes a year. What is the lesson behind all of this? If you want something, STRIKE??Well, then I feel that I have the right to a strike of my own. The striking students violated my right to education. They took away a week of PAID for education. Does this give me the right to start a strike??????

My feeling about all of this, ALL could have been avoided by COMMUNICATION