Riot police officers arrested 10 UZ students for protesting about the recent fees hikes at the institution.
The University of Zimbabwe unceremoniously increased the fees a few days before the start of the semester scheduled for the 21st of March.
The protest was scheduled to start at 11 am but the police officers were already on the UZ premises by 6 am. As soon as the students came out of their hostels waving placards and chanting slogans, the police made their move and arrested them.
A political science student said to New Zimbabwe;
“The moment some students started to demonstrate at UZ around 11 am today the riot police was already there so they arrested them and from there they were taken to the security department.”
The arrested students were taken to Avondale police station. The university students had been complaining about various social media platforms about the fees increase. Given the economic situation in the country, many of them feel it is unfair for the university to increase its fees by 100% and expect them to pay it up within the next few days.