Five Rhodes University students spent most of their weekend behind bars after being arrested on charges ranging from assault to malicious damage to property after numerous incidents on the campus. A Daily Dispatch report says two of the students allegedly brawled with campus security guards early on Saturday morning, while a third allegedly later assaulted a woman police officer.

A police spokesperson confirmed only that four male students and one female student would appear in court today on charges relating to malicious damage to property, assault and crimen injuria. She reportedly said she could not immediately confirm whether or not the incidents were related to the fee protests.

Meanwhile, Rhodes has applied to the Eastern Cape High Court (Grahamstown) to find 18 students guilty of contempt of court for violating an April interim interdict. The interdict prohibits students and other protesters from unlawful behaviour, including kidnap, assault, intimidation, and disrupting administrative and academic processes.

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