Wits poll results due, Sipho Pityana urges students not to forfeit their careers
THE University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) was expected to make an announcement at noon on Friday about the outcome of its poll on whether the institution should resume academic activities on Monday.Wits spokesperson Shirona Patel said about 37,000 SMSes were sent to students and staff."We are still waiting for the auditors to come back to us‚ as they are still busy with the processing of results. We don’t have any of the figures yet‚ but we know that the majority of the SMSes we delivered to students and staff‚" said Patel.The university also posted an e-mail address to which "Wits staff and students who were not able to participate in the #WitsPoll can send comments"‚ its website said.Patel told TMG Digital that the poll responses would be sent to two separate databases‚ which would generate a report that would then go to the auditors."The auditors will then check if there hasn’t been any form of duplication and that people could only vote once‚" she said.Patel said it cost the un...
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