TUT seeks relief from court over ongoing protests
The university also suspended academic activities at some of its campuses for the day.
The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) said it wanted to apply for an urgent interdict from the Pretoria high court to prevent any further disruption of activities at its campuses on Thursday.
“TUT management will apply for an urgent interdict from the court on 5 March 2020 to prevent any party or parties from disrupting daily activities, academic activities and other operations of the university at any of its campuses,” a statement on TUT’s social media page read.
Spokesperson Willa de Ruyter confirmed the university was indeed headed to court, adding they were confident the urgent court interdict would be granted.
An update issued by professor Lourens van Staden, TUT’s vice-chancellor and principal, stated academic activities would be suspended for part of Wednesday and all of Thursday.
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He said activities would be suspended at the Pretoria, Arcadia and arts campuses.
“The university apologises for the inconvenience,” said Van Staden.
The university announced its plans to resume classes on Monday, 2 March after it had suspended activities from 26 February following ongoing student protests.
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