When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the shutdown of schools following the outbreak of Covid-19, many students were concerned that they could not go home and opted to remain in university accommodation.
The University of Western Cape (UWC) Students who opted to remain in university accommodation were faced with the issue of “not being fed.”
The University of the Western Cape stepped in to lend a helping hand, providing students with food.
The University has been praised for its “progressive decision”. On Tuesday, the ANC in the Western Cape legislature welcomed the “progressive decision” by UWC to feed the 116 on-campus and 254 off-campus students during the national COVID-19 lockdown.
To sustain students during the lockdown, students have been receiving non-perishable foodstuffs from the UWC campus Foodbank as well as the one spaza shop on campus that remains open.
“We are grateful that UWC has indeed made the necessary arrangements to feed 116 students who are in on-campus (internal) accommodation and an additional group of 254 students who are in off-campus (external) accommodation. There are also international students in the group of 254,” the ANC said.
” We wish to once again call on the UWC SRC to ensure that those students using the university’s accommodation behave responsibly and also practice safety measures that will stop the Coronavirus from spreading.”
