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The 13 University of Fort Hare students accused of malicious damage to property and theft will be back in court in September.

University of Fort Hare students who were arrested after a fire damaged a campus building on Sunday night are worried that they will fail exams, which started on Monday, due to their incarceration.



Students accused of torching a University of Fort Hare building over the weekend have been released on bail on warning, as they have no criminal records and do not pose a flight risk.



Emotions ran high in the Dikeni magistrate’s court on Tuesday when one of the 13 people accused of being behind Sunday’s looting and burning rampage at the University of Fort Hare’s Dikeni campus wailed uncontrollably moments before the start of court proceedings.

Emotions ran high in the Dikeni magistrate’s court on Tuesday when one of the 13 people accused of being behind Sunday’s looting and burning rampage at the University of Fort Hare’s Dikeni campus wailed uncontrollably.

The damage caused by arsonists who burnt a section of the University of Fort Hare's indoor sports centre on Sunday has run to millions of rand, the university confirmed on Tuesday as 13 alleged arsonists briefly appeared in court.