ESKOM chief executive officer Brian Molefe helped bail several University of Cape Town (UCT) students out of jail on Wednesday following his son Thumi Molefe’s arrest for malicious damage to property"I am here as a parent to support my son. I have no opinion of the protests. I was a student activist too‚" he said outside the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court.Eight students were released on bail of R1000 each‚ and one on R800.Money was also made available from a Rhodes Must Fall crowd-funding campaign‚ with appeals made on social media on Wednesday night after the arrests.The matter was postponed to March 30.Molefe said his son’s arrest "builds character" and that it would "spark intellectual debate".Jubilant students sang and danced outside the court.Earlier‚ frightened students gathered outside the courtroom to await their peers."I was suspended since 7am‚" said one.She said she has been in hiding because private security guards were asking around for her on campus since after the protest...
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