Wahala Tie Shoelace: Students Leave Hostels, Sleep Outside to Avoid Heat
- A video of young men sleeping on the floor outside has been doing the rounds online
- The footage shows how the students resorted to moving their mattresses outside due to the heat inside
- Many netizens on social media related to the struggle and joked about the challenges of sleeping outside
The summer heat in KZN can get a bit too much to bear. So much so, a group of male students couldn't sleep the night in their hot and stuffy rooms.
Heat has students sleeping outside
A TikTok video shared by @maka_makx shows how the students decided to take their mattresses and lay them on the floor on the veranda outside, where they slept.
"The room temperature was just too hot and unbearable. So we slept outside," @maka_makx wrote.
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People amused by students camping out
Many SA netizens could relate to the struggle of trying to sleep in the uncomfortable sleep.
While some wondered whether the mosquitos didn't devour them throughout the night, others who lived in the hood joked about how they could never sleep outside because of crime and suspected witchcraft, LOL.
Hlela Dastile replied:
"KZN heat will definitely make you sleep outside. However, the mosquitoes don't play hey."
Mabheshingo replied:
"Cries in lokshin culture because no way I’m sleeping outside in the hood ."
Celestial being wrote:
"Never in Limpopo you’ll see witches flying."
Zamambo Mkhize commented:
"The one next to the charging port won❤️❤️❤️❤️."
Problematic_Much said:
"Iz’lwane zasebusuku bezinikhotha the whole night ."
Katiso replied:
"Ngisahalela ukuba yinina kodwa umasikido ngiyawusaba ."
zenandepakkies commented:
"Eyi ngoba kutshisa kakhulu ngezinye mini yerr."
towakakhongisa wrote:
"Nilala ngezingu amashidi asebenzayilo makunje."
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In another story, Legit.ng reported that a young South African woman took to social media to share a video of what it's like to be a civil engineering student.
In the TikTok video posted by @ok.itsontha, the young woman looks beautiful inside a Lamborghini passenger seat before the video switches to a clip of her engaging in this series of labour-intensive tasks as part of her civil engineering practicals.
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Source: Briefly.co.za
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