Johannesburg - The University of the Free State (UFS) and its Rector Professor Jonathan Jansen are engaging with lawyers on a R1m damages claim from two former students, it said on Friday.
"Professor Jansen and the senior leadership of the UFS are in discussion with the university's legal representatives, who advised that the matter not be discussed in public at this time," spokesperson Lacea Loader said in a statement.
The UFS acknowledged a letter of demand from former students Cobus Muller and Charl Blom, who want compensation of R500 000 each after apparently being excluded from campus.