POLICE CLOSE ZIMBABWE UNIVERSITY !
The students say they should not pay for the lecturers' strike. Police have evicted some 4,000 students from the main university in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, after violent clashes.
The students were given just 30 minutes to leave their halls of residence but lectures are expected to continue, with exams set to start next week.
Sunday's protests came after the university authorities charged extra fees because the term was extended following a strike by lecturers.
This is the latest sign of Zimbabwe's economic crisis.
"It's not our fault that the lecturers went on strike and we were saying why should we be made to pay," student Chadwick Rugube told the AFP news agency.
'Heartless'
While the university authorities say lectures will continue, student union spokesman Benjamin Nyandoro said many students had nowhere else to stay.
These are unbelievable students who want to live on a Z$1 000 meal. Where in Zimbabwe can you get a meal for Z$1 000? - Levy NyaguraUniversity of Zimbabwe Vice-Chancellor.
The students were given just 30 minutes to leave their halls of residence but lectures are expected to continue, with exams set to start next week.
Sunday's protests came after the university authorities charged extra fees because the term was extended following a strike by lecturers.
This is the latest sign of Zimbabwe's economic crisis.
"It's not our fault that the lecturers went on strike and we were saying why should we be made to pay," student Chadwick Rugube told the AFP news agency.
'Heartless'
While the university authorities say lectures will continue, student union spokesman Benjamin Nyandoro said many students had nowhere else to stay.
These are unbelievable students who want to live on a Z$1 000 meal. Where in Zimbabwe can you get a meal for Z$1 000? - Levy NyaguraUniversity of Zimbabwe Vice-Chancellor.
"The majority of those who stay on campus have no homes, friends or relatives in Harare so they are going to sleep in the open," he told AFP.
"It just shows how heartless the authorities are. Some of us are starting examinations next week and this is going to affect us psychologically."
University of Zimbabwe Vice-Chancellor Professor Levy Nyagura told the state-owned Herald newspaper that the students were paying almost nothing and so should not complain.
"These are unbelievable students who want to live on a Z$1,000 meal [US$4 at the official rate, 1 US cent on the black market]. Where in Zimbabwe can you get a meal for Z$1,000?"
Zimbabwe has the world's highest rate of inflation at more than 3,700%.
The Herald reports that "almost 10" top businessmen remain in police custody after being arrested for selling goods above official prices.
Some major firms were fined for not displaying prices, as the government has ordered as part of its attempts to reduce inflation.
BBC NEWS REPORT.
"It just shows how heartless the authorities are. Some of us are starting examinations next week and this is going to affect us psychologically."
University of Zimbabwe Vice-Chancellor Professor Levy Nyagura told the state-owned Herald newspaper that the students were paying almost nothing and so should not complain.
"These are unbelievable students who want to live on a Z$1,000 meal [US$4 at the official rate, 1 US cent on the black market]. Where in Zimbabwe can you get a meal for Z$1,000?"
Zimbabwe has the world's highest rate of inflation at more than 3,700%.
The Herald reports that "almost 10" top businessmen remain in police custody after being arrested for selling goods above official prices.
Some major firms were fined for not displaying prices, as the government has ordered as part of its attempts to reduce inflation.
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