Protesting Fort Hare students set fire to campus building - reports

Cape Town – Eastern Cape police are out in full force at the University of Fort Hare, after protesting students set fire to a building and a tent on campus, according to reports.

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ENCA reported that the protest was about the Centenary Celebrations due to take place on Friday, May 20.

Power987 FM tweeted that students have also destroyed a tent where the celebrations were to take place.

“Students upset after talks collapsed with management. They went in with 16 demands, say only some were met,” Power987 FM tweeted.

More to follow.

#FortHare more officers arriving at the campus pic.twitter.com/cIarIdB3El

— POWER987 News (@POWER987News) May 18, 2016

@JemsanaBusisiwe: Police are now using rubber bullets and stunt granades to disperse students at Fort Hare #UFH100 pic.twitter.com/WuxXta8cy6

— Sophie Mokoena (@Sophie_Mokoena) May 18, 2016

EFFSC at Fort Hare threatened us with burning just yesterday....look at what just happened at Fort Hare ???????? pic.twitter.com/QjUDXZ4QGH

— Councillor Nonceba (@Ncepsi) May 18, 2016

This is the logic of an EFF student at Fort Hare. Admitting to burning the university. Kunzima pic.twitter.com/lzJL8ljuMp

— Esethu Hasane (@EsethuHasane) May 18, 2016

#FortHare so confusing... Now more officers going back in, suppose the darkness makes this mission difficult pic.twitter.com/tyzWuX0Aqw

— Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) May 18, 2016