Student protests spearheaded by "dark forces" may soon crop up at the University of Pretoria‚ according to the South African Students Congress (Sasco). Sasco's Gauteng branch held a media briefing in Johannesburg on Friday to discuss the next phase of the #FeesMustFall student movement‚ which started last year as students took a stand against proposed fee hikes at tertiary education institutions. Sasco condemned the recent violent campus disruptions it believes may be driven by shady characters."Sasco Gauteng has noted with utter disgust the acts of disruption of classes in its institutions of higher learning by dark forces. We have noted this trend as one that seeks to undermine the legitimacy of the student movement‚" Sasco's Gauteng convenor Jabulani Maitse said.According to the student organisation‚ “individuals and certain structures with questionable credentials” are piggy-backing on the wide reach of the #FeesMustFall movement to further their own interests."We know for a fact that there are plans to disrupt the University of Pretoria as it is the next institution targeted by those dark forces‚" Sasco's Gauteng provincial coordinator Buthanan Ngwane said.Ngwane said that the registration of a company called FeesMustFall‚ selling bandanas and wristbands‚ is an example of individuals exploiting the student movement for their own gain.Instead‚ Sasco called on students to take their lead from student representative councils."Students' council structures are in our view still the only viable vehicle that is democratically elected by students and broadly representative of their interests‚ through which students can champion their demands‚" Maitse said.Sasco's briefing follows a series of recent campus disruptions at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria and the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.The University of Witwatersrand on Thursday released a statement warning students and staff of further disruptions to lectures‚ saying campus security has been ramped up.Sasco leaders in Gauteng asked students to refrain from violence and destruction of campus property...