Update: Monday 26 Sep

SU was served with a spoliation order on Friday evening and access to accommodation for some of the suspended students has been restored (not all of them are are in res). Students are still suspended from academic activities and buildings until the disciplinary process has been concluded. The interdicted students who have not also been suspended can continue attending classes, writing tests and utilising all SU facilities, provided that they do not engage in any further disruptive activities. 

Update: Wednesdag 21 Sep

Due to the escalating situation impacting on academic activities on the Stellenbosch campus yesterday (Tuesday 20 Sep) , a decision was taken to obtain a court order (link) that the 30 respondents listed in the order must vacate the Wilcocks Building, and should they not do so within 30 minutes of the service of the order, the sheriff, assisted by the South African National Police Services, was authorised to remove the respondents from the Wilcocks building.

The court order was first served at 22:55 last night (Tuesday 20 September) and implemented by the sheriff this afternoon (Wednesday 21 September). The students left on their own accord. The occupied area in the building has been vacated and a damage assessment was undertaken this afternoon.

The 30 respondents are further interdicted on an interim basis from re-occupying the Wilcocks building or any other campus building, from disrupting the normal activities of the university and from barricading or obstructing entrances to campus buildings or streets; from damaging property and from assaulting, intimidating or threatening, harassing, harming or detaining others. The return date of the provisional order is 20 October 2016.

Suspension

Due to serious misconduct a number of students have since been suspended pending the outcome of a disciplinary process. Suspension letters were sent to 11 students via email on Wednesday morning.

The students are not allowed to enter any SU property for the duration of the suspension.

Students can however appeal this decision which will be considered and decided by the Central Disciplinary Committee.

• This is an update of an article that was originally posted on Wednesday morning (21 September)
  

Original article:

Stellenbosch University on Tuesday (20 September 2016) obtained a court order (link) that the 30 respondents listed in the order must vacate the Wilcocks building, and should they not do so within 30 minutes of the service of the order, the sheriff, assisted by the South African National Police Services, is authorised to remove the respondents from the Wilcocks building.

The respondents are further interdicted on an interim basis from re-occupying the Wilcocks building or any other campus building, from disrupting the normal activities of the university and from barricading or obstructing entrances to campus buildings or streets; from damaging property and from assaulting, intimidating or threatening, harassing, harming or detaining others.

The return date of the provisional order is 20 October 2016. The respondents' status as students is not affected by the court order as such.

• In the management of these disruptions some students have been denied access to certain facilities and technologies. The reinstatement of access is in process.