South Africa's UFS shuts after rugby race clash

Images of white spectators kicking black protesters were spread on social media
Images of white spectators kicking black protesters were spread on social media

A South African university has temporarily closed after black protesters who had disrupted a rugby match were beaten up by white spectators on Monday.

 

The protesters were demanding an end to the outsourcing of cleaning jobs at the University of Free State (UFS).

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Deadly weekend demands immediate vigilance

The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads. This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every...

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