TUT Exams Postponed

TUT SOSHA EXAMS POSTPONED AGAIN

CAPTION: Police monitor the situation on protests

Final examination at the Tshwane University Of Technology have been postponed due to the on-going strike and violations taking place at the campuses of Soshanguve.

The university added that “a further announcement” will be made on Monday and that the postponement came “due to the ongoing volatility”.

The main hall, that was scheduled to held examinations, it was set alight at the Soshanguve campus during a protest.

Police spokesperson Captain Tsekiso Mofokeng had said furniture was damaged as a result. Two private vehicles belonging to security guards were also set alight during the student protest at around 22:30 on Saturday, he added.

A photo on social networking site Twitter showed a torched bakkie inside the hall, surrounded by overturned desks and chairs.

The fire brigade was also called to the campus. 

The TUT website previously said exams at the campus would start as scheduled on Monday.

A similar announcement was posted on its Facebook page a few hours before the protest.

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