Wits Fees Protest
latest news & developments
The rise and fall of Nompendulo Mkhatshwa, the Wits SRC president
She was the darling of the media but all the publicity compromised her integrity and ultimately turned the students against her.
#Fees2017: Wits vice-chancellor Adam Habib chased out of Holy Trinity church
Student leader Vuyani Pambo said Habib could not form part of the peace talks at the church while police were arresting students on campus.
Universities’ security path ups the ante
Ironically, they ignore ample research about how protests turn violent when policing escalates.
Equal Education: Students are aiming at the wrong target and inadvertently protecting the government
Equal Education general secretary Tshepo Motsepe: "The only institution that can deliver free education is the government".
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LISTEN: Police fire stun grenades, rubber bullets at Wits students
At least one student was injured on Wednesday after a confrontation between students and police at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Student fee increases at Wits have not fallen
The university council’s meeting on the weekend simply did not give in to protesting students’ demands for 0% increases.