‘We can’t be striking while you are in class learning’ – UP students warned of violence via WhatsApp

22 September 2016 - 14:27
By Neo Goba

Students at the University of Pretoria (UP) have been threatened with assault if they dare to continue with academic activities. A voicenote sent by a protester to a WhatsApp group for engineering students said: “Anyone who goes to classes‚ you are going to k*k‚ we are going to beat you up. We can’t be striking while you are in class learning.

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