We headed out Monday morning to the Bhisho campus for UFH to meet with one of the departments there. The drive through the country side was nice and the campus buildings had a really cool design. We got some great insight from the team there.
On Tuesday we hit the road again and headed to the Alice Campus for UFH. We had a great chat with the QA team there. Pam and I passionately chatted about the opportunities for Hospitality and Tourism here in the Eastern Cape. Everywhere I look I see vast amounts of potential for the people here to really showcase this beautiful province! To build on that, Duane took us up to Hogsback for lunch and to see the view from the mountain top.
On Wednesday it was back to the East London campus, which turned out to be quite eventful. The students on grants did not receive their money.....as a result a protest ensued. It started with about 50 students singing, marching and then interrupting classes. It then grew to about 250-300 people and got a bit more intense including throwing rocks at the school, breaking some windows. Not to worry, we were absolutely safe and our host even took us up to the staff lounge to have a better look at the group. I will say this, the group could definitely sing!
BTW, this is actually on the 2nd floor.....I didn't want to get too close to the door with the camera as we were told it usually aggravates the crowd.
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