{"id":59607,"date":"2022-09-23T11:20:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T09:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/three-students-arrested-for-arson-20220921-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:53:21","slug":"three-students-arrested-for-arson-20220921-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/three-students-arrested-for-arson-20220921-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Three students arrested for arson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A second incident of arson occurred on the Wellington campus grounds of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) during load shedding on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tactical responder on the scene during the incident alleged students hurled stones at firefighters who responded to the fire at the Huis Murray entrance to the campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPublic Order Policing (POPS) arrived on the scene to control the students who allegedly committed the arson, before fire services could gain safe access in order to contain the flames,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three students were arrested following an initial arson incident and strikes that took place on campus earlier that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strike action started out as songs and marching, but allegations of more extreme behaviour were confirmed by various sources to the Paarl Post<\/span> on the scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first arson was reported around noon, when bushes and grass were set alight on the campus sports grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wellington Police Station commander Col Johan Barkhuizen confirmed three students were detained and will remain behind bars until they have made their appearance in court today (Thursday).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA group of students marched through the streets to the police station in the afternoon demanding that the arrested students be released,\u201d he related. \u201cI explained to them this is not possible and asked them to return to campus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students share experiences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the scene Paarl<\/span>Post <\/span>questioned students participating in the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday we called a march to collect other students to join as one group because of our grievances, including security issues,\u201d one student explained. \u201cSo when we gathered as a large group, security came in large numbers. We don\u2019t feel safe, and the university has cut ties with private ambulance services. If there are emergencies we cannot rely on government services because they take their time.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other students appeared impartial to the group of students participating in the strike. While some students lounging on park benches did not know much about the ongoing strike other female students expressed alarm over actions of earlier in the day as well as last Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany of us were too afraid to leave our dorm rooms,\u201d a student said. \u201cWe first heard singing in the distance, which eventually came closer to our dorms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI also believe there was someone from our dorms who gave striking students access to the building, because some of them came banging on our dorm room doors and ordered us to come out and join the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut already we were so frightened, so why would we volunteer to join them? We left our dorms once it was safe to do so, and we saw condoms strewn along the hallways, indicating male students had entered our bathrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was both a frightening reality and a rude awakening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat if a girl had been in the shower while students were provoking action?\u201d she speculated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what happened to those who had not locked their rooms, because it was a violent experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These incidents are the latest action in an ongoing strike of the past two weeks coordinated by a large group of students in residence on the CPUT campus in Kollege Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The overall strike action is as a result of lists of grievances and demands about various services and alleged management issues of CPUT.

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The list includes revoked private ambulance service and demands of shuttle services, lack of campus security coordination, WiFi services and many other grievances. A full investigation of allegations regarding CPUT will follow in light of the accusations.

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Spokesperson for CPUT Lauren Kansley expressed the university\u2019s dismay about the damage caused by recent student protest action at their Wellington Campus.

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\u201cWe deployed a special task team who are trained in containing incidents like this and this resulted in three arrests. \u201cMembers of our management team will be meeting with student leaders at that campus to discuss the grievances, and we hope for a speedy resolution.\u201d

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She added that CPUT has many forums for students to liaise directly with management and, \u201cwe are saddened that protesters instead chose this route\u201d.

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More action being anticipated

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Fellow administrator of the Wellington Aksie Groep, Stephan Landsberg, circulated alerts of safety measures to be taken in anticipation of possible further protest allegedly planned for coming days.

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\u201cThere may be uproar in Malherbe and Pentz streets by students. Residents are urged to avoid these areas in the light of further possible uproar. People who normally park their cars in the streets are advised to find alternative safe parking,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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