7. Meeting with Student Organisations The committee was interested to know what were the key challenges of students, the role of student leadership on Campus, the student's culture at the Institution, the relationship between black and white students especially in residences, whether student organisations were consulted before fees were increased, students' opinion on the language issue and whether black students participated in sporting activities. The committee urged students to assist each other equitably and to promote a non racial Institution for prospective students. It further highlighted that in future a public forum would be created where all stakeholders of the Institution would be involved in debating its challenges. Issues and responses raised by students . The SRC leadership created a Portfolio of Maties campaign as a symbol of integration amongst all students. The campaign was very successful since it was accepted by the majority of students. . It was argued that most black and non Afrikaans speaking undergraduates have a challenge with the use of Afrikaans as one of the mediums of instruction since it is the mother tongue of the majority students. . It was said that student leadership was consulted when fees were to be increased. However, other critical decisions were taken without consultation with student leadership. . It emerged that some lecturers spent most of their time in undertaking their research commitments than lecturing and thus affecting students negatively. . It was noted that fear of management was the main challenge of student leadership and a solution was required urgently to resolve this matter. . The students emphasised clearly that the Institution did not promote racism at all. The challenge was the dominant cultural background of some students which has attached itself to the Institution. . The idea of a public forum to discuss the challenges of the Institution was supported by the student leadership, since their engagement with the University management was minimal.