Intervarsity games disrupted, UB declared unsafe by management

Monday, March 16, 2015

The crowd looks on as Ntirelang Benson performs one of his traditional tunes. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The week long Intervarsity Games hosted by the University of Botswana (UB) ended prematurely and abrumptly Thursday night as Police used force to disperse joy-lovers, while visiting students from Lesotho and Swaziland had to board their buses and vacate the UB premises in the middle of the night.

The visiting teams were initially scheduled to leave on Friday after the cultural night and a bash hosted by the hosts on Thursday.

However armed Police and the UB protections services closed down all social activities and forced everyone out as early as 9pm.

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Intervarsity games disrupted, UB declared unsafe by management

The week long Intervarsity Games hosted by the University of Botswana (UB) ended prematurely and abrumptly Thursday night as Police used force to disperse joy-lovers, while visiting students from Lesotho and Swaziland had to board their buses and vacate the UB premises in the middle of the night.