WATCH | UKZN students in violent confrontation with security personnel

Image: Nhlanhla Mabaso via Twitter UKZN Westville students clashed with campus security on Wednesday morning.

Chaos erupted at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's (UKZN) Westville campus early on Wednesday.

Videos of students wearing balaclavas and with T-shirts covering their faces as they faced off with university security personnel circulated on social media.

A UKZN official said members of public order policing unit had been deployed to the campus to restore calm.

[WATCH] #UKZN students clash with members of the university's security personnel #Mi7 at the #Westville campus on Wednesday morning. A UKZN official told @TimesLIVE that Public Order Police had been deoplyed to the campus to restore calm. pic.twitter.com/djA2jEBoUR
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In a statement on Wednesday, UKZN said the academic programme would continue despite interruptions.

Students reportedly remain aggrieved by issues surrounding historic debt and financial exclusion.

This is a developing story.