Hundreds of people queued in the blazing sun outside the University of Johannesburg on Monday to enquire if they have been accepted to study or if they can change their courses.The long lines persisted even as the university was handing out flyers stating it was not accepting walk-in students and that other queries could be addressed online.The university set up a link on its website‚ that can be accessed by cellphone‚ for late applications.Many of those in the queue were on the waiting list for spaces to study.Student Amishka Hiralal was queuing to ask if she could switch courses from a B. Com to nuclear medicine.Karabo Sebela was on the waiting list to study law. She was at the UJ to see if she has been accepted. Sebela applied to study law in 2017‚ "but there was no space so I applied again to study this year".The flyers UJ staff were handing out explained that students needed to wait to receive an e-mail or sms confirming if a place had become available or not.Marcia Godlo wants...
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