S/African campus shuts after buildings torched in protests

The management of North-West University in South Africa yesterday shut the Mafikeng campus of the institution after several buildings were torched in Wednesday’s clashes between campus security guards and students. University spokesman Koos Degenaar said the trouble started after some students disrupted the inauguration of a new student council. Defying a court order, a suspended […]

The management of North-West University in South Africa yesterday shut the Mafikeng campus of the institution after several buildings were torched in Wednesday’s clashes between campus security guards and students. University spokesman Koos Degenaar said the trouble started after some students disrupted the inauguration of a new student council. Defying a court order, a suspended student leader – part of a dissolved student council calling for the removal of Afrikaans as a teaching language – entered the university and addressed his supporters.