3 PETROL BOMBS FOUND AT WITS UNIVERSITY THIS MORNING
Protests at the institution have gone into a third week now which have seen students clash with police.
Members of the Saps patrol around Wits University's main campus on 11 October 2016 during protests over tertiary education fees. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.
JOHANNESBURG – Three petrol bombs have been found at Wits University this morning as the institution prepares to continue with its academic activity amid ongoing student protests on the campus.
The basement to the university’s architecture building was set alight last night however authorities managed to put the fire out.
Protests at the institution have gone into a third week now which have seen students clash with police, a bus being set alight, shops looted and number of people injured.
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Meanwhile, management at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) has opened a case of attempted murder after two guards were allegedly locked inside a burning building.
The university's security control centre at the Bellville campus was set alight overnight.
The institution has suspended all classes until further notice.
At least 19 protesting students have been arrested after violence broke out at the institution’s Bellville and Mowbray campuses on Tuesday.
CPUT spokesperson Lauren Kansley says: “Given the fact that we have no guarantee that the security situation will stabilise, the decisions has been taken to suspend classes until further notice.
“Some of the measures we’re implementing include online tuition, alternative forms of assessment and for staff to work off campus.”
Kansley says they've laid charges against the protesters.
“They also torched the security office at the main entrance to the [Bellville] campus and at least two vehicles were also damaged. In Cape Town a building was also set alight. Charges of attempted murder were laid after protesters locked two security guards inside a burning building.”
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