BREAKING | WATCH | Another building torched in Fort Hare student protests

Yet another building at the University of Fort Hare has been burned down amid the ongoing student strike.  The campus administration building at the university’s Dikeni campus was set alight late on Wednesday afternoon. It is the second building after the staff centre caught fire during the unrest.

A building was gutted by fire at the university of Fort Hare on Wednesday.
A building was gutted by fire at the university of Fort Hare on Wednesday. (SCREENGRAB)

Yet another building at the University of Fort Hare has been burned down amid the ongoing student strike. 

The campus administration building at the university’s Dikeni campus was set alight late on Wednesday afternoon.

It is the second building after the staff centre caught fire during the unrest. 

The administration building is significant to the campus as it houses key offices including those  of the vice-chancellor and the senate chambers.

 As reliable source said degree certificates of students who could collect not them due to debt were in the building.  

The university had not yet responded to a request for comment by the time of publication.

This is a developing story.

Daily Dispatch 


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