No major incidents have been reported on any of the University of the Witwatersrand campuses since Friday night and the university is planning to continue with the academic programme and other university activities on Monday‚ according to the institution’s senior executive team.
It said some students from the David Webster Residence were singing at midnight on Saturday‚ wanting to leave the residence but after engagement with Campus Control Officers‚ had returned to their rooms.
Nine arrests were made on Friday night‚ following incidents of violence in Braamfontein. Of the nine‚ two were Wits students‚ two were from other institutions and five were not students‚ the university confirmed.
These individuals would appear in the Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court on Monday‚ it said.
“We have been informed that a student was arrested at the Wits Junction Residence Complex in Parktown in the early hours of this morning. We are not allowed to release the student’s name. This is an independent process and we do not know what the charges are or when the student will be appearing in court. We understand that the police will issue a statement with further details later today‚” the university added.
Police also confirmed a student had been made but declined to name him‚ with spokesperson Brigadier saying the police do not reveal the identities of arrested persons until their first court appearance.
On Sunday morning‚ however‚ Economic Freedom Fighters national chairperson Advocate Dali Mpofu‚ community newspaper Wits Vuvuzela and others confirmed on Twitter that the arrested man as former president of the University of the Witwatersrand’s student representative council Mcebo Dlamini.
Mpofu consulted with Dlamini at the Cleveland Police Station where he is being held. After spending an hour with Dlamini‚ Mpofu tweeted “he’s OK” at around 3am.
Police said the arrest was linked to on-going investigations.
“The South African Police Service (SAPS) can confirm that a 32-year-old male was arrested at a residence on the Wits University campus at about 01:00 this morning.
“The arrest was effected as part of on-going investigations into recent violence‚ criminality and acts of intimidation. Investigations continue‚” De Beer said in a statement.
Not long after Dlamini’s arrest students gathered to march to Hillbrow Police Station where they believed he had been taken‚ Wits Vuvuzela said.
Students were expected to mobilise on Sunday morning and march to the police station where he is in custody.
Dlamini was arrested but soon released in clashes at the university earlier this month.
He made headlines last year when he took to Facebook to declare his admiration for Nazi Germany’s Adolf Hitler. Following this he was removed from his position as SRC president.
Wits University said it is aware that a student leader was arrested in the early hours of this morning at the Wits Junction Residence Complex.
No reports of any major incidents overnight at Wits
No major incidents have been reported on any of the University of the Witwatersrand campuses since Friday night and the university is planning to continue with the academic programme and other university activities on Monday‚ according to the institution’s senior executive team.
It said some students from the David Webster Residence were singing at midnight on Saturday‚ wanting to leave the residence but after engagement with Campus Control Officers‚ had returned to their rooms.
Nine arrests were made on Friday night‚ following incidents of violence in Braamfontein. Of the nine‚ two were Wits students‚ two were from other institutions and five were not students‚ the university confirmed.
These individuals would appear in the Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court on Monday‚ it said.
“We have been informed that a student was arrested at the Wits Junction Residence Complex in Parktown in the early hours of this morning. We are not allowed to release the student’s name. This is an independent process and we do not know what the charges are or when the student will be appearing in court. We understand that the police will issue a statement with further details later today‚” the university added.
Police also confirmed a student had been made but declined to name him‚ with spokesperson Brigadier saying the police do not reveal the identities of arrested persons until their first court appearance.
On Sunday morning‚ however‚ Economic Freedom Fighters national chairperson Advocate Dali Mpofu‚ community newspaper Wits Vuvuzela and others confirmed on Twitter that the arrested man as former president of the University of the Witwatersrand’s student representative council Mcebo Dlamini.
Mpofu consulted with Dlamini at the Cleveland Police Station where he is being held. After spending an hour with Dlamini‚ Mpofu tweeted “he’s OK” at around 3am.
Police said the arrest was linked to on-going investigations.
“The South African Police Service (SAPS) can confirm that a 32-year-old male was arrested at a residence on the Wits University campus at about 01:00 this morning.
“The arrest was effected as part of on-going investigations into recent violence‚ criminality and acts of intimidation. Investigations continue‚” De Beer said in a statement.
Not long after Dlamini’s arrest students gathered to march to Hillbrow Police Station where they believed he had been taken‚ Wits Vuvuzela said.
Students were expected to mobilise on Sunday morning and march to the police station where he is in custody.
Dlamini was arrested but soon released in clashes at the university earlier this month.
He made headlines last year when he took to Facebook to declare his admiration for Nazi Germany’s Adolf Hitler. Following this he was removed from his position as SRC president.
Wits University said it is aware that a student leader was arrested in the early hours of this morning at the Wits Junction Residence Complex.
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