DUT chaos: 16 arrested, campuses closed and Covid-19 rules ignored as hoax triggers registration rush

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The Durban University of Technology has shut all five of its Durban campuses after hundreds of prospective students clashed with the police following their unsuccessful attempts to register.

eThekwini metro police spokesperson Snr Supt Parboo Sewpersad said a group of 5,000-plus unregistered youths forced their way on to the campus on Wednesday morning, demanding to be registered.Sewpersad said the volatile situation resulted in one member being injured and a state vehicle being damaged.

“Two members in a state vehicle were attacked with bottles and stones by a mob of students along Steve Biko Road. They managed to escape but one was injured on his face and thigh,” he said. He said members of the public order police unit were deployed to quell the situation, which resulted in the arrest of 16 people, aged between 17 and 25.

Metro police were deployed to the Steve Biko campus on Wednesday as protests over registration erupted. A spokesperson said 5,000 people had stormed the campus.ederal deputy chairperson Sakhile Mngadi, together with constituency head and MP Hannah Winkler, was set to conduct an official oversight visit regarding the current status of the registration processes at DUT on Thursday.

serious contravention of the level 1 Covid-19 regulations, which puts the entire country at risk as we are aware of how super-spreader events occur,” he said.the lack of control and adherence by the university [to Covid-19 protocols] placed many lives at risk.

 

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