Ufs brawl
Varsity Cup to resume following violent clashes at UFS
The tournament will resume this coming Monday but will be played without spectators.
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Minister urges students not to vandalise buildings
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande says universities hold important records of South Africa’s history.
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Charges dropped against 12 UFS students, 9 released on warning
Students are demanding Vice Chancellor Jonathan Jansen step down.
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Several students arrested at UFS
Violence broke out after students rejected management's response to their demands.
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President condemns violence, destruction of property at universities
In statement released this afternoon, Zuma condemned acts of violence during protests at universities.
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GALLERY: Tensions run high at UFS
Students and workers this week demonstrated over issues of outsourcing, employment & transformation.
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Varsity Cup Tournament suspended due to student protests
Organisers of the tournament say the safety of students, players and spectators is of priority to them.
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SAHRC: Don’t underestimate UFS's racial tensions
Commission officials are at the Bloemfontein campus speaking to students, management and protesters.
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UFS protesters disrupt student prayer service
Protesters moved onto the campus after trying to force their way through a locked gate with a hammer.
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#UFS: Academic programme suspended until Monday
The situation is calm today following fights between protesters and spectators at a rugby match on Monday.
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#UFS vice-chancellor speaks out after brawl
In an interview with 702’s John Robbie, Professor Jonathan Jansen reacts to the rugby brawl at the University of the Free State.
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OPINION: The new student revolution
Lindiwe Mlandu says she has no business telling student activists how to fight their battles.
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Classes remain suspended at #UFS
On Monday, spectators at a rugby match assaulted protesting students who disrupted a Varsity Cup game.
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No reports of overnight violence at UFS
UFS says as soon as tensions have calmed, it will facilitate talks on how to deal with racism.
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OPINION: Jansen’s post-racial utopia laid bare
Danielle Bowler says the impossible politics of the early 1990s continue to haunt the present.
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'UFS protest a blow to transformation at the institution'
Earlier this afternoon a statue of apartheid leader CR Swart was damaged, as well as a law faculty building.
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#UFS: Apartheid statue, law faculty building vandalised
Students are angry over the violence that erupted during a Varsity Cup Rugby match last night.
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Tensions high after UFS rugby game brawl
Outsourcing Must Fall protesters & spectators clashed at a Varsity Cup rugby game last night.
