The state security minister says he was not involved in the arrest of the student leader and rubbished allegations of being linked to rhino poaching.
As the Fees Must Fall leader remains jailed, students at the University of the Witwatersrand continue to show support for him.
Students say Habib has been invited to address mass meetings ever since the protests began, but failed to show up.
Students leaders remained on campus to caucus and talk about their way forward as students went to hillbrow support the ones who were arrested.
The university said in a statement at 1pm that students had thrown ‘sizeable rocks that could have maimed or killed people’.
The Wits University vice-chancellor says the last time he saw the minister was at the higher education summit.
Students from both camps want to reclaim the university space, but for different reasons.
The university’s spokesperson, Shirona Patel, confirmed the varsity would continue its academic programme following violence on campus on Tuesday.
Ongoing students protests over demands for fee-free education forced the university to shut down.
The student protester says an electronic vote would enable the Wits vice-chancellor to ‘manipulate the system’.
All activities at the university remain suspended and the institution hopes to ‘facilitate as wide a response as possible’ through the poll.
When they’re out in the streets, students in the #FeesMustFall protests seem united.
As students scrambled to safety after police shot rubber bullets at them, one student was injured after falling on top of a stun grenade.
The ANC secretary general says students protesting fee increases are not doing anyone a favour by studying.
At least one student was injured on Wednesday after a confrontation between students and police at the University of the Witwatersrand.
The building is the main space where students hold mass meetings and they pushed their way in after police and security officials tried blocking them.
Students vow to retaliate after private security and SAPS officials barred them from entering the venue where they intended to hold a mass meeting.
Student protests over fee increases at four of the country’s universities are not a national crisis, insists Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande.
Transformation "doesn’t mean you must beat up people" says the Wits VC, who stands by the suspension of seven students despite a staff petition.
Braamfontein will soon be home to not only artists and hipsters, but tech-savvy researchers attracted to innovation and rejuvenation of the city.
The private sector needs to help government in giving poor students access to tertiary education, President Jacob Zuma said at a talk at Wits.
Palaeoartist John Gurche recreates strikingly realistic models of our ancestors.
Well-known activist and one of M&G’s 200 Young South Africans for 2013 has died after a long battle with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Orlando Pirates have ended their football season with at least one trophy after beating Wits in the Nedbank Cup final in Durban.
Playing pretty football has to give way to scoring the points for Wits in order to improve, says coach Gavin Hunt.
Bidwest Wits beat AmaZulu soundly in their last-16 Nedbank Cup encounter, while Maritzburg United edged past Platinum Stars on penalties.
After more than a year of industrial action, Wits University and three unions have signed a salary agreement for the institution’s staff.
The row at Wits over an alleged racial and ethnic profiling tactic by Zionist organisations to control access to a jazz concert has intensified.
A recent survey of Wits lecturers has revealed dissatisfaction with governance and salaries, a view new vice-chancellor Adam Habib plans to change.
With personal histories spanning Cameroon, SA and a number of countries in between, they are well placed to expand the institution’s horizons.
The University of the Witwatersrand has placed four staff members on special leave following allegations of sexual harassment made against them.
Many felt that author JM Coetzee’s honorary doctorate speech at Wits was removed from the realities of SA education. Listen to the speech.