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Rubber bullets fired at Rhodes graduation ceremony

Students continued to protest despite a high court interdict

Thirteen students were arrested at a protest at Rhodes University on Friday morning. Photo: Ndimphiwe Mpongoma

A court interdict against protests at Rhodes University did not stop about 100 students from demonstrating outside a graduation ceremony on Friday morning.
Police used stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
Students are protesting against the university’s new fee payment protocol, which would require many students to pay all their debt before registering for the next year.

Police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse about 100 protesters outside a Rhodes University graduation ceremony for master’s and doctoral students in Makhanda on Friday morning. 13 students were arrested.
This comes two days after the high court granted the university an…

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