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Grahamstown in the news: Eleven Rhodes students in court

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Eleven Rhodes students in court: Eleven Rhodes University (RU) students will return to the Grahamstown Magistrate’s Court on Friday, to hear their bail conditions. This comes after police arrested the students on Wednesday, for various charges after allegedly violating a court interdict …
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Our leadership vacuum … sucks: The affliction runs deep. Take the shocking conduct of our clearly very poorly trained police officers in dealing with protesting students in Grahamstown. It would seem the only lesson our police took from the Marikana tragedy is not to use live ammunition.
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Arrested Rhodes students to appear in court: JOHANNESBURG – Eleven Rhodes University students will appear before the Grahamstown Magistrate’s Court for a second time on Friday, to hear their bail conditions. They were released on warnings on Thursday after violent clashes with police the previous day.
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Rhodes students released on warning: JOHANNESBURG – The 11 arrested Rhodes university students have been released on warning. The students appeared in the Grahamstown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday and will appear again in court on Friday to hear their release conditions. They faced …
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World Briefs: Student protests in South Africa escalate: JOHANNESBURG • Student protests in South Africa have spread, with police firing rubber bullets at demonstrators on campuses in Johannesburg and Grahamstown as unrest over tuition fees roils universities across the country. The University of Johannesburg …
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South African leader urges end to violent university protests: Police on Wednesday fired rubber bullets during confrontations at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. Zuma said he has directed the South African Police Service to act strictly within the confines of the law and the Constitution as they discharge their …
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South Africa: Police and Students Clash in Grahamstown: Students at Rhodes University* protested yesterday following the attempt by the university’s management to resume academic activities on campus at 10:30am. Protesters have been demanding a continued academic shutdown, with the Student Representative …
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Best of British gather in historic Grahamstown, Thames: Thames put on some very British weather for The Brits at the Beach gathering in historic Grahamstown this morning. More than 100 classic cars were on display in a light drizzle. The celebration of all things British continues around the Coromandel …
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Violence stirs pot of varsity turmoil: A video shows a Grahamstown police officer dragging a student across a tarred road and pulling another over a wall to place her under arrest. How much does a subscription cost? Go to M&G subscriptions for our various print and digital subscription offers.
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Editorial: Nation protests, but violence is no solution: And if journalists are treated like that, how much worse might it be for students? Images of students being dragged away by police in Grahamstown, to mention just one other incident, were seen all over the country this week, and they did not encourage …
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