Uwc protest
UWC student protest turns violent
UWC's Gasant Abarder said that there had been some damage to property.
Some students wanted the start of the 2020 academic year postponed until next week.
Some outsourced workers are protesting outside the University of Western Cape after they were dismissed by their employer, Securitas.
The university's Centre for Innovative Education and Communication Technology was torched on Tuesday.
The Centre for Innovative Educational and Communication Technology was torched in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Earlier this morning some protesting students tried to prevent others from getting into buses to get to off-campus examination sites.
Authorities have confirmed two arson attacks took place at the Bellville campus at the weekend.
The students were arrested this week for their involvement in violent protests on the Bellville campus.
Protests flared up yesterday after management denied having agreed to a follow-up meeting with students.
Students have been given the choice to write their final exams next month or in January.
Renewed protests have erupted on the University of the Western Cape’s Bellville Campus.
UWC spokesperson Luthando Tyhalibongo says this will allow discussions between stakeholders to continue.
Student representative said a meeting will be arranged to further discuss the insourcing issue with workers.
A group gathered outside the Bellville campus under the watchful eye of police and private security.
The university says today’s meeting is part of a series of engagements following violent protests on campus.
Demonstrators yesterday stormed lecture halls and vowed to bring the campus to a standstill.
Protests quickly turned violent at both UWC and Tuks yesterday.
Teaching was disrupted at the University of the Western Cape on Monday by protesting cleaners, who are demanding an end to outsourcing and better pay.