Mcebo Dlamini is detained during clashes with police at Wits
Lawyers representing Wits Fees Must Fall student leader Mcebo Dlamini have been unable to confirm reports that he has been arrested. Dlamini sent an SMS to SAfm on Wednesday morning saying he would no longer be able to appear on the morning show because he had been arrested.
“I don’t know anything. I have not heard any word from him,” Thabo Kwinana, Dlamini’s lawyer, told the Mail & Guardian.
“When I tried to reach him this morning, I could not get hold of him,” Kwinana said.
Mongezi Ntanga, the attorney who represented Dlamini at his first bail hearing, also could not confirm the arrest. Police spokesperson Sally De Beer said that the South African Police Service (SAPS) also had no information regarding the arrest.
“To my knowledge, and as advised by colleagues in Gauteng SAPS, he has not been arrested, We are looking into these rumours,” De Beer told the Mail & Guardian.
Dlamini was due to appear on SAfm’s Forum at 8 show, but he replied to an SMS from the station saying he had been “arrested again”, accusing the ANC of “playing dirty tricks”.
Dlamini was released earlier this month on bail of R2 000 after initially being controversially denied bail.
Both the Wits student representative council and the Wits Fees Must Fall movement have said that they have not yet confirmed reports of Dlamini’s arrest.
“Reports of Mcebo Dlamini’s re-arrest are unconfirmed. We’re investigating the matter and will keep you updated,” Wits Fees Must Fall said.