South African students in Russia are involved in a war of their own. It’s them against the Mpumalanga Department of Education, their landlords and the universities they attend.
The desperate 229 students face eviction and possibly expulsion from universities across Russia because their benefactor hasn’t paid their rent and tuition fees.
They are fully funded by the Mpumalanga Department of Education as part of the Provincial Human Resource Development Strategy.
Independent Newspapers spoke to one of the students in Moscow, Victoria Maheso, who pleaded for help. The final-year applied mathematics and computer science student was told by her landlord that if her outstanding rent is not paid by Monday, she’s out on the streets.
“Our livelihoods are in danger. What am I going to do? I cannot even ask my family for help. I support them with the stipend I receive. I worked hard to make it to my final year. The people who brought us here are not helping. We are coming to you for help,” said a distraught Maheso.
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