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CPUT students face accommodation crisis as some are forced to 'live on the sidewalk'

- BY LILITA GCWABE

PRESSURE': CPUT's Kansley

REGISTERED students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) have been left stranded outside the District Six campus since the start of lectures, saying they were forced to move between the street and temporary accommodation.

CPUT has, however, denied claims that students are sleeping outside and said it has placed 400 students in temporary accommodation to prevent this.

Several students were seen sitting opposite the City Bowl university’s entrance gate, appearing exhausted, distressed and despondent.

Some refused to speak to the media, fearing that doing so might jeopardise their chances of securing accommodation or lead to their parents finding out about their situation.

First-year student from Limpopo, Patience Mavimba, said she has kept her phone switched off since arriving in Cape Town on Monday morning.

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