This includes the closure of the gate at Badenhorst Street in Universitas near Roosmaryn residence for traffic as from 1 October 2013. Although pedestrians that can produce a student or staff card or any form of official identification will still be allowed to access this gate, no vehicles will be allowed to pass through the Badenhorst gate after this date.

Other gates that will be closed as from 1 October 2013, include the pedestrian gate at the sports grounds on the western campus.

The gate at the Agriculture Building in DF Malherbe Avenue will now be closed at 22:00 every night and over weekends instead of being open 24 hours a day.

The closure of gates is part of the university’s strategy to increase safety measures on the Bloemfontein Campus. Other measures to follow will be the integrated electronic security systems, which will incorporate the access control, among other measures. An intensive safety awareness campaign aimed at staff and students has also started and tips on how to stay safe are being communicated extensively.

Other measures taken include the purchasing of a caravan that will be used at major events to attract attention to safety and a strategy to make the areas around the Bloemfontein Campus safer for students.