WATCH: Stellenbosch students clash with police

23 September 2016 - 18:47 By Deneesha Pillay

There was a tense standoff between police and students when about 300 marched onto the Stellenbosch University campus on Friday and tried to gain access to buildings. Simone Cupido of #FeesMustFallStellenbosch said the students had split into two groups over differences of opinion."So basically the students are in two groups‚ some at the geology building and some at the engineering building. What has happen is that the demands have been changed by Sasco [South African Students Congress] and this is no longer in line with what the FeesMustFall movement was originally about‚” she said."And in addition to that‚ they have tried to take workers out of their work and so have derailed what we initially agreed upon as a movement.”A witness said the students tried to get university workers to join the march but were prevented by police from entering some of the buildings – but some had already slipped inside.Cupido said: "Most of those in line with the FeesMustFall movement then left the protest and it was more the Sasco students that stayed behind to cause further disruptions."..

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