Protesting students at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University have stoned at least 13 cars as sporadic clashes with police continued Thursday.
Algoa FM News has also learnt that a petrol bomb had been thrown at a police water cannon but no damage was caused.
Students and police have been engaged in "cat and mouse" battles throughout Thursday morning with unconfirmed reports of further arrests.
Thirty-one students arrested this week were due to appear in court on Wednesday.
NMMU said that "traumatised staff and students are encouraged to make use of the counselling services available at North campus’s HR Department."
Cabinet has meanwhile said that Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, will provide details of government's plans to fund fee higher education.
Addressing the media following a cabinet meeting, Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe, said it would cost an estimated R2.5 billion rand to fund the proposal outlined recently by Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande, which later sparked further ongoing protests.
"Our government has received several proposal that have been put forward various constituencies and stakeholders. A technical process is underway to evaluate them and once work is completed options will be provided to address the current challenges. Our government will further take steps to make resources available to all NSFAS qualifying students progressively to cover the full cost of study at universities and TVET colleges over the long term," Radebe said.
"Our government will also develop mechanism to address the challenges faced by the missing middle students who don't qualify under current NSFAS rules but are unable to afford the full cost of study without some form of assistance. All of these will be phased at a pace and scale that will depend on the rate of growth in enrolment and available resources. The Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Higher Educationand Training is continuing with its work and will assist government to come up with a long term solution for access to higher education, particularly for the poor."
"The Minister of Finance will table the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement on the 26 October that will set out the broad fiscal framework over the medium term. In the 2016/2017 financial year government through the Minister of Higher Education and Training has allocated tremendous amount of resources to higher education which saw the Department of Higher Education and Training receiving a budget allocation of R49.2 bn," Radebe added.
"Cabinet believes that it is only through our investment in education as a country that we'll be able to make meaninful progress in addressing the triple challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality. Government has responded to the pleas of students and will subsidise as Minister Nzimande highlighted the 2017 fee adjustment of up to eight percent to pay for the fee increase through a gap funding grant on behalf of all poor, working class and missing middle students that is students with a family household income of up to R600 000 per annum," he said.
"This means that both NSFAS qualifying students and the missing middle students will experience a no fee increase as government will pay the percentage fees adjustment. This subsidy will amount to about R2.5bn which covers over 70% of all under-graduate students. All stakeholders must immediately work towards creating conditions and a conducive climate for the academic year programme to resume without delay."
"To ensure the progressive realisation of the right to further education our government will develop a road map, working with all relevant stakeholders for the transformation of universities and TVET colleges to create opportunities for access, opportunities for success, financing and support for students and institutions. Several stakeholders, among the students, banks and business, have presented proposal on how we can finance higher education, particularly for the poor."
"Therefore, the ministerial task team will bring all these stakeholders under one roof to develop a road map that will pave a way for a solution," Radebe said.
