Recently, videos began blowing up on social media showcasing a group of people taking the notion that “you can’t fail the exam if you don’t write it” a little too literally.
In the videos, the group, which was initially perceived as students, can be seen swiping papers off desks during the University’s mid-year exams, in what was circulated on social media as protest action, or a joke.
UCT SRC scum / aka ‘leaders’disrupting exams… and the university officials and security simply look on? @UCT_news pic.twitter.com/HcRoe6AfID
— ghaleb cachalia. MP (@GhalebCachalia) June 6, 2022
Some pages, including the UCT Student Representative Council, said that it was inspired by workers’ grievances and noted that the ‘protest action’ was by workers on upper campus. This was also confirmed to News24 by one of the SRC members and expressed to be over the demand for permanent jobs in a battle against outsourcing.
However, UCT has fired back at the incident and revealed more to its side of the story:
1. The ‘students’ weren’t actually students at all according to the University, who said the group are “neither employees nor students of the University of Cape Town.”
2. They are calling the incident a disruption of exams and an infringement on student’s rights.
3. Charges have been pressed against the individuals for trespassing and malicious damage to property.
Whether the exam swipers were acting on behalf of employees, or whether they were simply fighting for the cause is a matter of speculation.
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Picture: Screenshot from video