This weeks protest hot spots

North-West University

Violent clashes break out at the Mahikeng campus

on Wednesday afternoon, leaving students injured;
academic activities come to a halt
Several buildings engulfed in ames on Wednesday
following student demonstrations against the
students representative council inauguration
Management gives students three hours notice to
vacate campus on Thursday at 9am

University of Pretoria

No protest action this week. Students stand in

solidarity with other campuses, calling for a
#FeesMustFall meeting at 5pm on Friday afternoon

Dozens of students gather at the

Hateld campus on Thursday
morning for a prayer walk,
coming together for the third
day in a row. A social-media
campaign is launched, urging
students to take a picture of
themselves with a person of
another race in greyscale with a
poster stating: #ColourBlind
On Friday, the Economic
Freedom Fighters Students
Command says classes cannot
resume without an agreement
being reached with management
Classes expected to resume
on Monday after a university
announcement
The university will adopt a zero
tolerance approach to violence
and crime when the institution
opens its doors next week, says
vice-chancellor Professor Cheryl
de la Rey

University of the Free State

Varsity Cup match between

UFS and Nelson Mandela
Metropolitan University
called off on Monday night
after protesters representing
#OutsourcingMustFall and
rugby fans swarm the eld for
a massive brawl
The UFS on Monday announces
the suspension of academic
activity. Students go on the
rampage and vandalise two
mens hostels. There are
unconrmed allegations that
white students are assaulted
On Thursday, the UFS issues
a short statement saying
workers are expected back on
Monday following a successful
meeting with management
On Thursday, students call
for the resignation of vicechancellor Jonathan Jansen
On Friday, police and private
security guards force open
the doors of a UFS residence
and arrest a rst year and
second year student, a hostel
leader says. Allegations of only
black students being targeted
circulate
Twenty-one UFS students
appear in the Bloemfontein
Magistrates Court on Friday on
charges of malicious damage
to property. They allegedly
tried to damage a campus
statue of former Orange Free
State president MT Steyn

University of the Witwatersrand

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University of KwaZulu-Natal

A group of 100 contract workers start

a protest, with the rst mass action
demonstration at the university for
2016 on Wednesday a peaceful
march on Pietermaritzburgs main
campus. The university receives a
memorandum of demands on the
insourcing of all general workers

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Rhodes University

On Tuesday evening, students set up barricades, which

are removed by vice-chancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela and
the police. Students are dissatised with Mabizelas
address earlier that day in response to student
demands

University of Cape Town

On Tuesday, lecturers join students in a

black academic caucus silent protest

Protests,
marches

Clashes
with police

Arson

Vandalism

Arrests

Injuries

Occupy

Social-media
protests

Negotiated
settlement

THEUNS KRUGER, Graphics24