Students picket at Cape Central Police Station in solidarity with Wits students The protesters who wore black said that this was a sad day for students. A small group of students picketed in front of the Cape Town Central Police Station on 11 March 2021 in solidarity with the protesting Wits University students. Picture: Graig-Lee Smith/Eyewitness News
CAPE TOWN - A small group of students picketed in front of the Cape Town Central Police Station.
They had gathered to show solidarity with fellow students at Wits University, which is at the centre of protests against historical student debt, among other issues.
Wits academics lay police brutality complaint after student protest killing Some Wits University academics have come to show their solidarity with students against police brutality following yesterday’s deadly demonstrations that claimed the life of 35-year-old Mthokozisi Ntumba. A large group of South African Police Service (SAPS) officers disperse a group of students who were blocking roads during a protest in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on 10 March 2021. Picture: Emmanuel Croset/AFP
JOHANNESBURG - Wits academics have laid a formal complaint of police brutality at the Johannesburg Central Police Station.
Students have also handed over a memorandum of demands.
They marched to the police station following Wednesday’s demonstrations which claimed the life of an innocent bystander while several students were injured.
Mthokozisi Ntumba was shot dead allegedly at the hands of police using rubber bullets while they were responding to Wits student s protesting in Braamfontein on Wednesday.
The Wits protest topped the trending list on Wednesday as news emerged that a bystander had been shot dead, allegedly by police, during a protest over fees.