South Africa: Government Sends Condolences to Family of Wits Contract Worker

press release

Government extends its deepest condolences to the family and friends of the contract worker at Witwatersrand University who died last week. The campus worker fell ill after protesting students released a fire extinguisher in Jubilee Hall residence.

Students at Wits University started protesting against a proposed fee increase last week following Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande's pronouncement that universities could decide on fee increments for 2017 as long as they were capped at 8%.

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