The situation escalated on Wednesday, with protesters causing chaos along the main road outside the Steve Biko campus.
“Overnight, a significant number of people continued to occupy the sports centre and refused the request to leave campus. Over the course of this morning [Wednesday], the situation escalated, with protesters milling around outside, hurling stones at buildings, damaging university property and barricading public roads,” he said.
Khan added that there were “several attempts to invade more buildings on campus”.
He said that despite all campuses closing, university functions and activities would continue.
“This means that online registration for first-time entering students with firm offers will proceed as previously announced,” he said.
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