Four Wits students arrested after disrupting academic programme
Four Wits University students have been arrested for contravening a court interdict by causing disruptions to the academic programme. Wits acquired the interdict from the High Court in Johannesburg in April 2016 during Fees Must Fall protests to stop protestors from damaging university property and engaging in unlawful behaviour. This interdict led to the arrest of Mcebo Dlamini and a number of students arrested in 2016. On Monday about 150 students protested at the university’s education campus, demanding better accommodation conditions. The students stormed into a lecture room at the Parktown campus where they disrupted a lesson and attempted to block the entrances to the campus. The first student was arrested and suspended on Monday and taken to Hillbrow Police Station. Three others were arrested on Tuesday when they tried to continue with the protest. The university said students who broke the rules, violated the rights of others or disrupted any university activities would be i...
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