UKZN students denied bail on charges including assault of police officers
Seven University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) protesters arrested in September have been denied bail in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrates Court. They will remain in custody until the next hearing in December. Four others were granted bail of R1‚000 each. The students‚ who were arrested on September 22 during a protest at the UKZN Pietermaritzburg campus‚ face charges of malicious damage to property‚ public violence‚ assault of police officers and failure to comply with police orders. Student representative council (SRC) member Nhlakanipho Ndlovu told GroundUp that students did not understand Thursday’s court decision. "The students were arrested on the same day and all are facing the same charges. It does not make sense that they released some and others are kept in prison." He said the students "are supposed to be writing their exams", but instead they would be kept in jail. "We don’t understand the court’s decision and we are angry. We are going to discuss how we are going to deal with ...
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