Minister Nkabane promises to urgently attend to student accommodation issues at WSU

MTHATHA - Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane said that she would urgently attend to issues related to student accommodation at the Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha.

This comes after a young man was shot and killed on campus while protesting on Monday.

The minister made a brief visit to the campus in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday following the incident.

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She promised students that she would return to address their plight.

Students at the institution led journalists on a tour to the Isilimela residence on campus.

There are broken doors and electrical wires carelessly hanging on the wall.

Meanwhile, some bathrooms are without running water, while some toilets are broken.

When asked about these issues during the visit, this is what the minister said.

"The president just briefed me now when we were walking around here, then I committed to him that we are going to have a day for an oversight visit to check if they comply with the norms and standards of how the state of our student accommodation should look like, as a department."

Student leaders said these were issues they had long raised with the university.

But the university said it was not aware of the issues, saying the student protest was without prior notice or formal grievance.