Bail was set at R1, 000 for students who were arrested on Tuesday night at the University of Cape Town when police were called to disperse protesting students. Students were halted by rubber bullets and stun grenades when they demanded the release of those arrested.
JUST IN: bail set at R1000 for seven of the eight #RhodesMustFall student protesters, case postponed until 30 March 2016. SS
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) February 17, 2016
#RhodesMustFall Eighth student appears separately; he tells magistrate he won’t be able to afford R1000 bail. SS
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) February 17, 2016
Police presence was heavy  after students stoned one bus and burnt another and a car, in protest against the university destroying students’ “shackville“.
UCT under siege #Shackville pic.twitter.com/qh7ZJjBj3A
— Mfondiny (@Mfondiny) February 16, 2016
Stun grenades fired. A few have been arrested. The Shack has been toppled #Shackville #UCT pic.twitter.com/5OeJBZDkSe
— Ashraf Hendricks (@AshrafRSA) February 16, 2016
Shackville was a shack erected by students on the university’s Upper Campus on Monday to highlight the students’ housing issues. “[Shackville is] a representation of Black dispossession, of those who have been removed from land and dignity by settler colonialism, forced to live in squalor,†said the university’s Rhodes Must Fall movement.
#Shackville at UCT still standing. No sign of management or private security pic.twitter.com/zSNOyB6Ppr
— Ashraf Hendricks (@AshrafRSA) February 16, 2016
Students also set flames to paintings believed to be a representation of the colonial era, displayed at the university. The paintings are estimated to cost millions.
Jan Smuts plague burning #Shackville pic.twitter.com/7vi7e268Om
— Mfondiny (@Mfondiny) February 16, 2016
These riches were burnt down by students in an attempt to decolonise the institution.
According to students, the university is getting decolonized #Shackville pic.twitter.com/Tbr36zVhGJ
— Ashraf Hendricks (@AshrafRSA) February 16, 2016
And students insist there is a larger agenda to their protest.Â
1) If you think what happened tonight is just about accommodation & university politics, then you are utterly deluded. #Shacksville
— Rhodes Must Fall (@RhodesMustFall) February 17, 2016
Students re-erected the shack later in the night.
Shackville is re-erected @GroundUp_News#Shackville#uctpic.twitter.com/gOhTRzSWyY
— Ashleigh Furlong (@ashleighfurlong) February 16, 2016
Featured image: Ashraf Hendricks on Twitter