Students have said that a general assembly would provide a more realistic platform for members of the university community to share their views.
The acting national police commissioner says police officers must exercise maximum restraint during #FeesMustFall protests.
Violence has erupted at Wits University once more after police opened fire on protesting students earlier this morning.
Police have fired stun grenades to disperse protesting Wits University students near the institution’s Solomon Mahlangu House on Tuesday morning.
The University of Witwatersrand and University of Cape Town are expected to resume academic activities after weeks of protests.
The University of the Witwatersrand has suspended all academic activity for the rest of the week, it announced in a statement on Tuesday night.
Our reporter Ra’eesa Pather is at Wits University to cover the #FeesMustFall which are on the brink of boiling over.
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Vice chancellor Max Price said the university is obtaining a court order that would prevent students from engaging in violent protests.
The Witwatersrand University’s council indicated on Monday it would not meet with protesting students inside Senate House.
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".
Wits students use social media to keep their protest alive, as they fight against increases of tuition fees at the university.
Academics say worker-owned co-operatives are the solution to ending "unethical and exploitative" outsourcing of support services at the university.
Lectures at the Braamfontein campus were suspended amid a student protest against the varsity’s hike in fees for tuition and accommodation next year.
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Wits Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib took to Twitter to defend the university council’s decision to suspend the Wits EFF command and seven other students.
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Wits vice-chancellor Adam Habib has decided that controversial student leader Mcebo Dlamini must step down as SRC president.
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New research from Wits University shows tropical storms are not becoming more frequent but they are moving south – resulting in increased rainfall.
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Wits vice-chancellor Adam Habib has promised to deal firmly with sexual harassment despite limited staff and student knowledge about the issue.
The controversial "Shoot the boer" struggle song has taken on a new form, "Shoot the Jew", which even pro-Palestinian activists have condemned.
The row at Wits over an alleged racial and ethnic profiling tactic by Zionist organisations to control access to a jazz concert has intensified.
The row at Wits over an alleged racial and ethnic profiling tactic by Zionist organisations to control access to the a jazz concert has intensified.
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