A video showing University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) students clashing with security personnel, is making rounds on social media.
In the video, students wearing balaclavas and T-shirts covering their faces are seen throwing rocks and sticks at the security casspir and climbing it while it move.
[WATCH] #UKZN students clash with members of the university’s security personnel #Mi7 at the #Westville campus on Wednesday morning. A UKZN official told @TimesLIVE that Public Order Police had been deoplyed to the campus to restore calm. pic.twitter.com/djA2jEBoUR
— Orrin Singh (@orrin417) February 19, 2020
Meanwhile, students also torched a gym and blockaded a road at the Westville campus in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
It is alleged that the students are angered by the 15% upfront payment requirement towards their historical debt at the university.