Here's what's happening with campus closures across SA
AS CAMPUSES throughout SA were closed due to fee protests on Wednesday, Unisa’s SRC said it was not calling for a shutdown of the university but was encouraging students to "down tools" during the day and continue studying in the evening. Rhodes University vice-chancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela suspended lectures for the day on Wednesday after students moved through the campus disrupting lectures and barricading buildings. Stellenbosch University vice-chancellor Prof Wim de Villiers said students had reneged on their "undertaking … to not disrupt academic activities any further this week" when they "resorted to extensive disruption‚ damage to property and assault on fellow students and members of staff" on Tuesday. The university on Tuesday obtained a court order against 30 students occupying a building on campus, ordering them to vacate the building and interdicting them from occupying any buildings or disrupting university activities.
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