TUT students marched peacefully to key institutions to deliver demands they say will open the door to free education.
Students’ protest over funding continued at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) on Monday, forcing closure of the institution.
In their thousands, students of the #FeesMustFall campaign marched to the Union Buildings to have their demands heard.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has lambasted university vice-chancellors for ineffectively dealing with the widespread #FeesMustFall protests.
The pot is empty for university subsidies, but millions are being squandered in the vocational sector.
Analysts say state spending on higher education has dropped at an "alarming" rate over the years.
A study showing the viability of no-fee tertiary education has been in Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande’s hands for three years.
Wits University has been forced to cancel classes for the rest of the week as students across the country plan for the #NationalShutDown today.
The university council’s meeting on the weekend simply did not give in to protesting students’ demands for 0% increases.
Students would not allow Adam Habib to address them unless he was to tell them "one thing and one thing only: no-fee increments for 2016".