ACTING Police Commissioner Kgomotso Phahlane says the demonstrations for "free decolonised education" at SA’s universities have been taken over in some instances by criminal elements, against which he says the South African Police Service (SAPS) will act decidedly.The acting police commissioner called a media briefing on Monday as protests continued on university campuses, including at the University of Witwatersrand, which kept its doors open despite the presence of demonstrators.Speaking to reporters in Pretoria, Phahlane said police had arrested 20 students at the University of the Free State for public violence and violating a court order.Five students were arrested on Monday when classes were disrupted at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, he said."It is extremely concerning to note that criminality, intimidation and attacks on police members have taken place at some universities, leaving the SAPS members deployed with no option but to respond with a degree of force in order to ...
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