CPUT SRC STUNNED BY RAPE CASE

THE alleged rape of a 23-year-old woman by a fellow student at a residence in Observatory, has left the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) community devastated and calling for swift, decisive action against the suspect.

- BY MURRAY SWART

Students and faculty were left outraged as the 24-year-old suspect was arrested shortly after the incident at the technikon’s Catsville residence over the weekend.

Emotions were still running high yesterday morning as students gathered at the District Six campus to call for the suspect to be denied bail, demanding accountability from both the accused and CPUT.

According to South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk, hundreds of students gathered to protest.