17 students arrested at UJ’s Soweto campus
Police say the students were handcuffed for contravening a court order.
JOHANNESBURG - Seventeen students have been arrested at the Soweto Campus of the University of Johannesburg.
Police say the students were handcuffed for contravening a court order obtained by the institution to block any demonstrations at all four of its campuses.
We can strike and pass at the same time#UJShutDown #UJFees #FeesMustFall pic.twitter.com/bdMXOVo8Ow
— Sizwe Shiba (@SizweShiba) October 4, 2016
The police's Phephi Matlou-Mthetho says, "Seventeen students were arrested for contravention of a court order; they were blocking other students from entering the campus."
Freedom of movement restrained by heavily armed SAPS and bouncers. #UJShutDown#UJFees pic.twitter.com/mDBvoJDM6X
— Sizwe Shiba (@SizweShiba) October 4, 2016