Campus chaos roundup: another university closes
UCT closes for the week, students arrested in Port Elizabeth as protests spill over onto the streets, and a Stellenbosch staffer lays assault charges
STUDENTS at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Pietermaritzburg campus turned the tables on police‚ firing tear gas at officers during #FeesMustFall2016 protests on Thursday morning. At other campuses, the University of Cape Town has closed for the rest of the week, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University students have been arrested, and a Stellenbosch University staff member has laid assault charges against students, as protests over fees persist on campuses around SA.UKZN According to journalists and photographers on the scene at the Pietermaritzburg campus‚ including TimesLive’s Jackie Clausen‚ students at the UKZN’s residences tossed the tear gas over the fences from their windows. Protesting students also set fire to gates and blocked entrances at the Malherbe Residence‚ and reportedly threw rocks at police.The main road into Pietermaritzburg‚ running past the university‚ Alan Paton Avenue‚ was closed at 10am and police were on campus monitoring the situation. Students were alleg...
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