10 arrested in Cape Town student protests
Ten people were arrested in the Cape Town central business district (CBD) on Thursday following student protests outside Parliament and the Cape Town International Conference Centre CICC).
Thousands of students from the University of Cape Town (UCT) embarked on a shutdown following the disappearance and murder of student Uyinene Mrwetyane.
Provincial police spokesperson, Andre Traut says eight of those arrested will be charged with public violence and the other two for assaulting police officers.
"They will charged and released on a warning," says Traut.
The group will appear at the Cape Town Magistrate's court on Monday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the home of the slain student in the Eastern Cape on Friday morning where he called for all South Africans to roll up their sleeves and end the scourge of violence against women and children.
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Ramaphosa was speaking in the Eastern Cape at the home of University of Cape Town (UCT) student Uyinene Mrwetyana, whose murder at a Claremont post office sparked outrage across the country. The man, who was a post office employee, confessed to raping and killing her during his first court appearance.