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DUT student falls to his death
Daily News
|August 20, 2025
STUDENTS and staff at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) were struggling to come to terms with the loss of a student who fell to his death from a building at the Steve Biko campus yesterday morning.
Alan Khan, DUT's director of Corporate Affairs, expressed sorrow over the incident, and extended his heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased.
"DUT is shocked and saddened by the tragic loss of one of our students in Durban this morning," Khan stated.
This story is from the August 20, 2025 edition of Daily News.
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