“What happens outside the perimeters of the university becomes public order,” said Vilakazi. “It is regrettable that someone died because of disproportionate use of containing the protest. I think the situation could have been dissolved better.” Vilakazi said that he was “gutted” by the death of the man. He said that the university will closely monitor the case’s developments as the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) investigate Ntumba’s death. “We do not want this to be a cold case.” According to Ipid’s Spokesperson, Ndileka Cola, the case of ‘death as a result of police action’ is under investigation by the directorate.