More than 16 students were arrested today in Masvingo, reports the Zimbabwe National Students Union‘s Vanguard newsletter.

The students were demonstrating about issues ranging from exorbitant fees being charged by institutions of higher learning in Zimbabwe, students' victimization and the administration bungling at Zimbabwe Secondary Education Certificate Board (ZIMSEC) after the leakages of Ordinary Level English Paper 2 among others.

The status of the ZINASU president, Promise Mkwananzi and Secretary General, Beloved Chiweshe is still unknown as they were among the protestors.

Meanwhile, two student leaders at the University of Zimbabwe were picked up by the police in the morning. This follows a demonstration that rocked the college yesterday which was in solidarity with the striking lecturers.

Clifford Hlatywayo and Lovemore Mutangi were apprehended in connection with the demonstration and distribution of fliers which were found on campus grounds.

Below is the content of the banners which annoyed the authorities:

UZ Crumbles again

Lecturers on strike!

Non-academic staff on strike,

DACS workers included!

No lecturers

No access to the library

No food in dining halls

Prejudice on exams preparations

AS students remain silent,

Now, the real issue is not to accept that there is a problem, the real issue is to accept the challenge to fight and unearth the difficulty or the hidden solution rather than to resign to temptations of complacency and sit idly by and cowardly watch as Nyagura destroys our future. Our dream of attaining degrees is fast transmogrifying into a melodramatic nightmare. Comrades Justice is Equal to Justice, WE WANT TO LEARN and UZ IS NOT A RESORT CENTRE! Vanguard