#FeesMustFall activist Bonginkosi Khanyile – convicted on public violence charges in August - was given a brief reprieve when sentencing procedures were delayed on Tuesday.
Khanyile‚ a Durban University of Technology student‚ was a central figure in fee-free protests in 2015.
He was arrested during violent clashes with police and endured a protracted stay in prison while awaiting trial – eventually freed after lawyers petitioned the Constitutional Court.
This year he pleaded guilty to charges of public violence‚ failing to comply with a police instruction and possession of a dangerous weapon and was summarily convicted by magistrate Siphiwe Hlophe.
On Tuesday the court heard that the state was still finalising Khanyile’s pre-sentencing report‚ a document used when assessing mitigation and aggravation of sentence.
He will appear in court again on January 28.
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