{"id":48268,"date":"2022-11-10T13:22:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T11:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/forum-launches-to-fight-crime-in-universities-20221108\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T23:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:57:07","slug":"forum-launches-to-fight-crime-in-universities-20221108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/forum-launches-to-fight-crime-in-universities-20221108\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum launches to fight crime in universities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_90757d57\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Forum launches to fight crime in universities\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7618\/830aebd027ce45cab403f6fa3ddc0ed0.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f1dbf355fe5c4b548dee894c3cdb861d.jpg\" title=\"Police officers and other dignitaries gather at Walter Sisulu University Zamukulungisa site to attend the launch of the Campus Community Forum at Walter Sisulu University. \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Police officers and other dignitaries gather at Walter Sisulu University Zamukulungisa site to attend the launch of the Campus Community Forum at Walter Sisulu University. <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Photo: Babalwa Ndlanya<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The scourge of crime and gender-based violence (GBV) in the Universities led the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Buti Manamela, and the SAPS to launch the Campus Community Forum in Walter Sisulu University (WSU), last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This launch was held at the Walter Sisulu University (WSU), Zamukulungisa Site in Mthatha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manamela said one of the department\u2019s key objectives is to eradicate crime and GBV and other life-threatening practices around Mthatha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said most of the universities that are based in townships are also victims of crime, which is why they are establishing this forum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll over the country we will be paying much attention to our universities to ensure that they are safe at all times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe thank the police who have made a commitment to work with us so that we can strengthen campus security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur students are a resource of the country, so they need to be protected at all times.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The institutional president of the student representative council (SRC), Batandwa Mangisa, stated that their universities have a high rate of crime. \u201cStudents are always victims of crime here. They are not safe at all, so we are happy that the department has come up with this initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou find that some of them are afraid even to open cases, but now that we have launched this forum it will be much easier,\u201d said Mangisa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that even those students who are living outside the campus are victims. According to Mangisa some of them are held at gunpoint and robbed of their laptops and other valuables. He said the issue of violence also plays a major role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major General Thokozani Matontsi said that the intention of launching this forum was to strengthen the police\u2019s relationship with universities, and to ensure that there is clear understanding between the police and the students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to strength this relationship so that it could be easy for us to attend to the issues when there is need to do so. 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