On Saturday, the battle began as police moved in to clear the campus and the protesters responded with barrages of rocks and petrol bombs, leaving parts of the university in flames.
NgoMgqibelo, impi yaqala ngokuthi nje amaphoyisa angene ukulungisa ikhampasi futhi ababhikishi baphendula ngokuvimba umgwaqo ngamathshe kanye namabhomu kaphethiloli, yashiya ezinye izingxenye zenyuvesi zivutha.