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About 100 students squatting with their belongings in the multipurpose hall at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) campus in Cape Town on February 12, 2025.
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) says it has placed all eligible students in residences or temporary accommodation.
Higher Education Minister Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane gave the institute five days in which to address students’ accommodation issues during her oversight visits.
This was in response to recent student protests over accommodation.
CPUT spokesperson Lauren Kansley says, “No students remain in the District Six Student Centre. CPUT was able to meet the demand for accommodation through a number of ways including moving students into post-graduate residences, expediting the maintenance projects of our own university-owned and operated residences and by placing some in temporary accommodation as they await permanent placement.”
Kanley says, “The status of those who have been declined will not change, they have been informed of such and they have been notified to seek alternative accommodation.”
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