19 February 2020 1 Min Read

WATCH | UKZN students in violent confrontation with security personnel

in News / South Africa by Orrin Singh
UKZN Westville students clashed with campus security on Wednesday morning.
Image: Nhlanhla Mabaso via Twitter
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Chaos erupted at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's (UKZN) Westville campus early on Wednesday.

Videos of students wearing balaclavas, and with T-shirts covering their faces, as they faced off with university security personnel circulated on social media.

A UKZN official said members of public order policing unit had been deployed to the campus to restore calm.

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In a statement on Wednesday, UKZN said the academic programme would continue despite the interruptions.

Students reportedly remain aggrieved by issues surrounding historic debt and financial exclusion.

This is a developing story.

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