UCT students set paintings alight
Cape Town - A small group of individuals created a bonfire out of paintings they took from the Fuller and Smuts residences at the University of Cape Town's upper campus on Tuesday night.
First-year student Logan Geldenhuys was on his way to visit a friend at Fuller residence when he saw a small fire on the campus.
The fire was next to a shack that had been erected in Residence Road by #RhodesMustFall supporters who were protesting against the university's lack of residence accommodation for students from poorer backgrounds.
The fire was ignited around 19.00 on Tuesday, Geldenhuys said. In less than an hour, four police vehicles and a fire truck were on site and had doused the fire.
Police moved the protesters to the steps along Residence Road. It was not immediately clear whether those involved in the vandalism were all students.
UCT spokesperson Gerda Kruger said a university representative had urged the protesters to move their shack out of Residence Road, due to the traffic backlog it was causing.