Students march on Wits campus to call for resumption of classes
STUDENTS calling for classes to resume at the University of Witwatersrand marched on the closed campus on Wednesday as student representatives and the executive management of the university met with mediators in an attempt to chart the way forward. A number of universities remained closed across the country as students continue to protest for free education.The counterprotest group, Take Back Our Wits, marched from the west campus to the Great Hall, or Solomon Mahlangu House, on the east campus. The students called for the academic year to resume. They clashed briefly with students from the #FeesMustFall movement but security was able to break up the two groups. On Tuesday an anonymous voice note was circulated on social media which said it would take the life of one white student in order to get the attention of vice-chancellor Adam Habib. The voice note was condemned by the university.The agreement reached between students and the university on Tuesday stipulated that it would rem...
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