Five bust for CPUT bus fire

A shuttle and another vehicle were set alight in the early hours of yesterday morning in Tennant Street in Cape Town.

“An arson docket has been registered and circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated,” police spokesperson André Traut said.

“The suspects are due to make a court appearance at the Cape Town Magistrate's Court once they have been charged.”

CPUT suspended its bus service until further notice following the incident, it announced on Facebook.

“The campus bus service has been suspended until further notice due to the most recent attack on one of their vehicles.Thank you,” it read.

CPUT has been in turmoil over the last few weeks after a group of students threatened to shut the university down.

Last week, security was beefed up at all its campuses, which experienced violent protests.

The university said its doors would remain open.

“The institution remains open and operational across campuses and once again staff and students are urged to make use of the secure parking at the stadium at Bellville campus,” CPUT said in a separate Facebook post.

“Stoning staff and student vehicles is a cowardly tactic used by anonymous protesters to intimidate the greater CPUT community.

“Private security are effectively maintaining order across campuses, apart from a few isolated incidents, and will remain on campus until calm is restored and the vicious arson attacks stop.”