Women students at the University of Fort Hare’s Alice campus are arming themselves with knives and pepper spray in what they believe is a fight for survival.
This drastic shift comes after a student said she was raped outside campus on Sunday – the fifth reported case of campus rape since last year.
A suspect was arrested on Monday.
Fearful women students told the Dispatch they were buying the notorious Okapi knives and they intended using them if they felt under attack...