Pregnant students are being chased away from the University of Zululand when approaching their final trimester.
This revelation was made by Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) legal adviser Mlondozi Vava on Thursday. It was based on preliminary observations conducted at UniZulu by the commission, which is currently holding a hearing into gender policy at tertiary institutions.
“The SRC of UniZulu advised the CGE that when a student falls pregnant while still residing at the university residence, the university expels the student from the residence when they are approaching their last trimester of the pregnancy,” he told a delegation.
However, vice-chancellor Xoliswa Mtose expressed shock at the allegation.
“We don’t have such a policy. There is nothing like that,” she said.