{"id":133679,"date":"2016-09-20T10:03:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T08:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/133679\/update-heavy-riot-police-presence-at-wits\/"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:59:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T07:59:30","slug":"update-heavy-riot-police-presence-at-wits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/20\/update-heavy-riot-police-presence-at-wits\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Heavy Riot Police presence at Wits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions are high at Wits University as the<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"> <a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/northcliffmelvilletimes.co.za\/238673\/wits-students-plan-a-campus-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\">#FeesMustFall protest <\/a><\/span>enters its second day.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen students who were trying to block the universities four main entrances\u00a0were arrested this morning following a skirmish\u00a0with police.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsNMT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NewsNMT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FeesMustFall2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FeesMustFall2016<\/a> @WitsSRC speak to police who seem ready to strike at any moment. Tensions high <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yzax0LvCmG\">pic.twitter.com\/Yzax0LvCmG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lady_G (@Treaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Treaka\/status\/778136361081733120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This comes after\u00a0Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande announced an up to <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/northcliffmelvilletimes.co.za\/238747\/update-gates-at-wits-open-as-feesmustfall-protest-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\">eight per cent fees increment<\/a> <\/span>yesterday.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsNMT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NewsNMT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wits?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Wits<\/a> students continue to fight for Free Education. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FeesMustFall2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FeesMustFall2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SS7t8MvJ1z\">pic.twitter.com\/SS7t8MvJ1z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lady_G (@Treaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Treaka\/status\/778123640189714432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wits SRC leaders are currently in negotiation talks with university\u00a0management.<\/p>\n<p>Wits University sent out a statement late last night saying that management wanted lectures to continue and have called upon the police to protect non-protesting students, staff as well as Wits property.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our priority, it must be remembered, is to keep the academic programme intact&#8230; We have beefed up security even further and have finalised protocols with the police to ensure that safety and security is in place at Wits. Security at lecture venues, laboratories and libraries has been strengthened.&#8221; read the statement.<\/p>\n<p>However, disgruntled, protesting students have disrupted all lectures this morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsNMT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NewsNMT<\/a> Wits students congregate and once more pull students out of class despite a heavy police presence <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lGDyjitH4r\">pic.twitter.com\/lGDyjitH4r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lady_G (@Treaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Treaka\/status\/778120870149623808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Students are marching to the education campus while police attempt to prevent the march.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsNMT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NewsNMT<\/a> Police shooting back stun grenades been thrown students running everywhere <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HLlLmNJ5h4\">pic.twitter.com\/HLlLmNJ5h4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lady_G (@Treaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Treaka\/status\/778146285496963072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story, we will keep you updated as information becomes available.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lHKbljzcdKQ' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><strong>Related articles:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/northcliffmelvilletimes.co.za\/238673\/wits-students-plan-a-campus-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wits students plan a campus shutdown\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/northcliffmelvilletimes.co.za\/238747\/update-gates-at-wits-open-as-feesmustfall-protest-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\">UPDATE: Gates at Wits open as #FeesMustFall protest continues\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='68512b88ff081c60be2aa2246447ec39'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRAAMFONTEIN &#8211; Fifteen students have been arrested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":133727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Duschanka Hitzeroth","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[12382,12383,12384,6545,10898],"class_list":["post-133679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-blade-mzimande","tag-fees-must-fall-protest","tag-student-protest","tag-university","tag-wits-university"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["blade mzimande","fees must fall protest","student protest","university","wits university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}