This after their arrest on Tuesday during violent protests that started on Sunday at the Qwaqwa campus in the Eastern Free State. 

Free State police spokesperson Mmako Mphiring had told OFM News that these nine protesters were part of a group that threw stones at police vehicles and other motorists on Tuesday.

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Mphiring adds that the case against another three students protesters - who appeared before the Phuthaditjhaba Magistrate's Court on Wedndesday - has been postponed to next week Monday, due to administration issues. 

He says that the trio remains detained.

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