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Wits students vow to continue protesting until their demands are met

Wits University Student Representative committee has warned that they will make the institution ungovernable until management accedes to their demands. The students embarked on a series of protests on Tuesday. Chaos erupted on Friday leading to students and Wits security officers hurling bricks at each other resulting in three officers being injured. On Friday, a group of about 200 protesting students entered the Wits main campus and proceeded to the Great […]

4 March 2023

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Shot and killed bystander, Mthokozisi Ntumba was coming from a clinic

More details have emerged on 35-year-old Mthokozisi Ntumba who was killed allegedly by the police on Wednesday during a protest by Wits University students in Braamfontein. It is alleged that Ntumba had just visited a local clinic when police allegedly shot him dead. Two student journalists were also shot and wounded and have been admitted to the Milpark Hospital. Students are demanding that those with historical debt be allowed to […]

11 March 2021

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Students can apply for payment plans to cover registration fee: UWC

The University of the Western Cape (UWC) says students who register for the 2021 academic year will be allowed to apply for payment plans to cover their registration. Students with outstanding debt will also be allowed to register, after they sign an acknowledgment of debt form. UWC Spokesperson, Gasant Abarder, says they’ve received 110 000 first year applications, but can only accept 4 500 students. He says they’ll commence with […]

8 March 2021

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Wits announces fee increases for 2017

The University of the Witwatersrand has confirmed its fee increase will be limited to an average of 8% for the 2017 academic year. Tuition and residence fees will increase by 8% which also applies to international students, the institution said in a statement. “The only exception is for postgraduate programmes run in the Wits School of Governance, where tuition fees will increase by 9.5%. These increases are in line with […]

6 December 2016

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Wits SRC: Kalla shooting, deliberate attack on FMF leaders

It was mayhem at the University of the Witwatersrand on Thursday after police used rubber bullets to disperse protesting students. In what is considered one of the most brutal incidents of force used by police, former Wits Student Representative Council (SRC) president and a leader of the #Feesmustfall movement, Shaeera Kalla was shot 13 times in the back with rubber bullets by police. Kalla, one of multiple protestors who were […]

21 October 2016

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I was shot in a targeted attack on students – Kalla

Police watchdog Ipid will investigate the shooting of former Wits SRC leader Shaeera Kalla with several rubber bullets during a protest on Thursday. “Any police officer found to have contravened the law will be dealt with accordingly. We wish the injured student a speedy recovery,” police spokesperson Brigadier Sally de Beer said in a statement. Kalla wrote on Facebook that she was part of a peaceful protest on the West […]

21 October 2016

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Wits student leaders to meet with management

Fifteen student leaders are expected to meet to negotiate free education with Wits University management in Solomon House on Thursday morning. There are strict controls in place at entrances by security and everyone who enters must prove they are a student by presenting their student cards. There is a heavy police presence with police sniffer dogs and dozens of officers making their rounds on campus. Wits' Senate says the academic […]

13 October 2016

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Petrol bombs found at Wits

Several petrol bombs have been found at Wits University's main campus in Braamfontein. Students are forging ahead with protest action at the university calling for free higher education. On Tuesday, chaos broke out at the university with students clashing with police resulting in several injuries. On Monday, students took their fight to the streets of Braamfontein were they torched a bus and looted shops. As students remain resolute with protest […]

12 October 2016

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Don’t hold the future of others ransom – Nzimande

Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande has called on protesting students not to hold the futures of others to ransom. Nzimande in a statement again condemned the violence at Wits University, saying it is the work of irresponsible and disrespectful students not interested in completing the 2016 academic year. He said the university had attempted to continue with the academic programme but was also being held ransom by […]

11 October 2016

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