SAPS declares universities "level 3 security situation"

[konfab]

What's level 4? Martial law?

Marikana :twisted:

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

What's level 4? Martial law?

Probably State of Emergency.

 

[Milano]

Level 3 should get a whole lot more interesting.

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

Level 3 should get a whole lot more interesting.

I work at UCT so going to make friends with the police(wo)men surrounding our building. Just need to catch these fekkers on camera and they'll be arrested, according to a police officer I was talking to earlier.

 

[Nick333]

Interesting how quick they are to act now with police support now that they have realised that they have lost complete control over the situation. Here I thought that the police were the bad guys… is that not right UCT?

Max Price and co. are directly responsible for this shyt now being firmly out of control. I have no idea how this idiot is this stupid. It's truly baffling. If he had treated criminal activity as such from the beginning, like any sane human being would have, the cops could have nipped this in the bud. The "students" would have been scared off long ago if some of them were facing a couple years in Pollsmoor by now. Now this scum feels like they are at the forefront of an actual revolution they will risk much more.

 

[B.K]

Dear colleagues and students

This morning we alerted the campus incorrectly that several universities, including the University of Cape Town, have been declared a level-three security situation by the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, which, in effect, means that the Public Order Police are in command of the campus.

We have now learnt that this is not correct. The universities have not been so declared. The universities are not under the command of the SAPS. Vice-Chancellors remain fully in control of the campuses and work with the SAPS to manage any situation where the SAPS may be needed.

We regret the error and the confusion that it caused.

Communication and Marketing Department

 

[Fulcrum29]

Dear colleagues and students

This morning we alerted the campus incorrectly that several universities, including the University of Cape Town, have been declared a level-three security situation by the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, which, in effect, means that the Public Order Police are in command of the campus.

We have now learnt that this is not correct. The universities have not been so declared. The universities are not under the command of the SAPS. Vice-Chancellors remain fully in control of the campuses and work with the SAPS to manage any situation where the SAPS may be needed.

We regret the error and the confusion that it caused.

Communication and Marketing Department

This explains why the media has been silent on the matter. In the case that POP was deployed it would had made national headlines.

http://www.groundup.org.za/article/protesters-throw-poo-ucts-law-building/

UCT statements

In a statement released this afternoon, UCT's Communication Department said: "We face a level of protest this morning which we are not able to contain with private security officers alone. The South African Police Service (Saps) is on campus in an attempt to manage the situation."

It continued: "As you are probably aware, groups of protesters are disrupting activities across middle and upper campus. Unlawful acts, such as breaking windows, forcing open locked doors and throwing human sewage, have been reported. There are further reports of intimidation, damage to property, violence, disruption and confrontation with security officers and we need the support of Saps's Public Order Policing to manage the situation."

The statement also said that the university had been informed that it and several other universities have been declared a "level-three security situation" by the National Commissioner of Saps. This "means that the Public Order Police are in command of the situation. We appeal to staff and students not to interfere with the work of members of Saps and not to contribute to confrontations or any situation of conflict."

However, at about 5:45pm UCT stated that it had been informed incorrectly about the "level-three security situation" and that vice-chancellors "remain fully in control of the campuses".

This statement was modified after publication to include that UCT withdrew the claim of level-3 security.

UCT is starting to sound like the ANC.

 

[Jan]

Confirming: just got the above statement as well.