{"id":47210,"date":"2023-06-05T12:55:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T10:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/university-of-fort-hare-students-arrested-for-damaging-university-buildings-20230605\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:38:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:38:44","slug":"university-of-fort-hare-students-arrested-for-damaging-university-buildings-20230605","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/university-of-fort-hare-students-arrested-for-damaging-university-buildings-20230605\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Fort Hare students arrested for damaging university buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Alice have arrested 12 students from the University of Fort Hare for malicious damage to property and business burglary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to police spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli, the arrest comes after a group of students allegedly went amok, and looted a cafeteria and damaged several University of Fort Hare properties at the university\u2019s main campus in Alice last night, June 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Custom\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_286b1cdb\">\n<div class=\"custom\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">University of Fort Hare has launched an investigation after a sports centre at Alice campus was set alight few hours before the start of mid year-exams.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sabcnews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sabcnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/umf9Ancmpg\">pic.twitter.com\/umf9Ancmpg<\/a><\/p><p>\u2014 Lubabalo Dada (@Lubabalo_Dada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lubabalo_Dada\/status\/1665623445785268226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn Sunday, June 4, at around 20:20 police were summoned to a complaint of a violent protest at the University of Fort Hare in Alice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the scene, police arrested 12 students for malicious damage to property and business burglary after the University\u2019s examination hall was slightly damaged, and its furniture was removed and torched just outside the hall. It is further said that a mob then went amok and damaged several surveillance camera systems and also looted the institution\u2019s cafeteria (shop),\u201d said Nkohli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is believed that the mayhem started following an internal dispute about examinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects, aged between 19 and 22 years old, are due to appear at Alice Magistrate\u2019s Court tomorrow, June 6 on charges of malicious damage to property, housebreaking and theft (business premises).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-issued-by-saps\">ISSUED BY SAPS<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Custom\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_2af3850b\">\n<div class=\"custom\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The University of Fort Hare (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufh1916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ufh1916<\/a>) is burning as students torch exam halls to halt the start of exams. 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