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Security at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, where the ANC is to hold its national conference, has been beefed-up considerably.
Police were this morning searching cars and only people with accreditation were allowed on campus.
Even service providers and ambulances were turned away, because they had to be screened elsewhere first, before being issued with a clearance disc.
Buses, service provider trucks, ministers' vehicles, delegates and the media queued at the Tempe Military Base in Bloemfontein this morning, to get their vehicle security clearances.