The latest on fee protests: NMMU students’ case is postponed
A STUDENT at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Pietermaritzburg campus has been shot and injured‚ reportedly by police officers‚ as violent clashes erupted on Thursday morning.In Port Elizabeth, the nine Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) students arrested on Wednesday had their case postponed on Thursday.Protesting students at Fort Hare burned down a building on the Alice campus in a protest said to be about safety on the campus.And in Grahamstown, Rhodes University students are calling for a complete shutdown.UKZN PietermaritzburgAccording to a fellow student‚ Zinhle Masangwana was inside the Malherbe Residence building when police officers stormed the building.They then allegedly opened fire‚ hitting Masangwana‚ a science student‚ in the right arm.She was carried from the building by fellow students‚ who claimed police had used live rounds.Police and students were involved in clashes all morning‚ with students moving in small groups and then dispersing before regroupin...
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