UCT extends suspension of activities as student protest grows
20 September 2016
Cape Town - UCT student protesters made their way through empty lecture halls at the institution on Tuesday morning after the university decided to suspend classes.
UCT announced on social media that classes, lectures and tutorials were suspended for Tuesday and Wednesday, advising students to check its website for updates.
The students made their way through upper campus, with their numbers growing along the way.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, police warned about 30 students blockading the road leading to upper campus with two canoes, a car, a bench and a tree branch that they were obstructing a public road and would face "procedure" should they not remove the objects.