<div dir="ltr"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:18.2px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;color:rgb(119,119,119)"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:840px"><div class="" style="margin:0px 10px 10px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:hidden"><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:2.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-family:'Droid Serif',serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Tuks campuses closed until further notice</h2></div></div></div><div class="" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:18.2px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;color:rgb(119,119,119)"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:559.984px"><div class="" style="margin:0px 10px 10px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:hidden;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">By Mpho Raborife | Feb 20, 2016 | <a href="http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2016/02/20/tuks-campuses-closed-until-further-notice?mode=true" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(217,40,25);text-decoration:none">COMMENTS [ 0 ]</a></p></div></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:279.984px"><div class="" style="margin:0px 10px 10px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:hidden;color:rgb(102,102,102);text-align:right"><a href="http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(102,102,102);text-decoration:none">Back to <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(217,40,25)">Home</span></a></div></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both"></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:840px"><div class="" style="margin:0px 10px 10px 0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(221,221,221);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:hidden;color:rgb(102,102,102)"></div></div></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:840px"><div class="" style="margin:0px 10px 10px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:hidden"><div class="" style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both"></div><h4 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Droid Serif',serif;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t;vertical-align:baseline">However, university spokesperson Anna-Retha Bouwer said she could not confirm or deny the reports as they had not taken place on the university's premises.</p><p style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">"We are aware of the arrests that were made, but I cannot confirm that they were our students. They happened off campus," she said.</p><p style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Scuffles broke out between students on Thursday during a meeting attended by the AfriForum Youth, the Progressive Youth Alliance and the EFF Student Command on the language policy.</p><p style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Security guards and police tried to separate the groups.</p><p style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Bouwer at the time confirmed there had been a stand-off between members of the AfriForum Youth and the EFF Student Command.</p><p style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">No damage to property was reported.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#777777" face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:18.2px"><a href="http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2016/02/20/tuks-campuses-closed-until-further-notice">http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2016/02/20/tuks-campuses-closed-until-further-notice</a></span></font><br></p></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message.  A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well.  (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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