TWO students at the National University of Science and
Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo were on Thursday involved in a fight during a
lecture amid claims that the row was over a lecturer.
The second-year Journalism and Media Studies students were
involved in a catfight during a Democracy and Human Rights lecture.
The Chronicle is in possession of a 46-second video showing
the two female students bashing each other, disrupting the lecture. Their lecturer stood helpless as the
“catfight” unfolded.
Sources said surprisingly the two (names withheld) are very
close friends and it is not clear what could have caused the messy fight, but
speculation is rife that they were fighting over a lecturer.
“We just saw the besties erupting into a fight while one of
our lecturers was teaching. For a moment, the whole class watched in shock
wondering what was really happening. Initially, we just wanted to watch as we
thought it was just a minor thing. But the scuffle escalated as they called
each other names, pulling each other’s synthetic hair and things got messy as
one of them lost part of her braids on the hairline. You know how girls fight,
it was just a catfight,” said a student.
The student said some of their colleagues had a field day
over the incident taking pictures and videos as others intervened to stop the
fight.
“That is when we asked them what they were fighting over.
The one who has braids revealed that her friend dropped her cellphone and its
screen cracked. She claimed that she confronted her over the issue while
uttering some words and this resulted in her friend slapping her causing the
fight,” the student said. Chronicle
The student said while the fight could have been sparked by
a cellphone, there are claims that the “besties” were fighting over a lecturer.
“Clearly, you don’t fight with your friend for merely
damaging your cellphone. I believe there is more to this because we also heard
rumours that they were fighting over a lecturer. We don’t know whether the
lecturer is in our department or not. But clearly there is a lecturer involved
in this matter,” said the student.
Nust communication and marketing director Mr Felix Moyo
yesterday said the university will institute investigations into the matter.
“We have received a case where two of our students fought
during one of their lectures. It is against the university’s code of ethics to
have students fighting. The fact that they were fighting in class makes the
case more serious. We will institute investigations into this case on Monday,”
said Mr Moyo. Chronicle
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