Alcohol and drugs fuelling student brawls with guards at WSU
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Drugs and alcohol are believed to be at the centre of the ongoing fights between students and security guards at the Walter Sisulu University.
On Sunday a fight broke out between WSU students and Fidelity security guards at the Nelson Mandela Drive learning site.
Police used tear gas to disperse a group of students that had gathered by the main gate after they chased away the security guards.
University spokeswoman Yonela Tukwayo said the management was aware of what had happened at the Mthatha campus.
“The reason is there are people from outside who were part of the drug ring‚ other drug lords that were using the university as a distribution point as well as a market for them‚” she said.
Tukwayo said with the recent drug bust last week and the confiscation of alcohol from illegal shebeens that were operating on campus.
“We have obviously stepped on their territories of powerful individuals who are seemingly powerful in the criminal world”‚ she said.
“They came with cars full of alcohol distributing it free to students to induce the students to fight against the security guards.”