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South Africa: Wits Students Pepper Sprayed
News24Wire, 16 October 2015
The Wits University student protest has turned ugly as students and the Dean of Students were pepper sprayed by campus security while waiting to hear from the university's council… Read more »
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South Africa: Wits Chancellor to Meet Protesting Students
SAnews.gov.za, 16 October 2015
Wits vice chancellor Adam Habib is this morning set to meet with students who have been protesting at the university to hear their grievances and find a resolution, the university… Read more »
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South Africa: Special Editorial - the Wits Protest Is Not Just About University Fees
The Daily Vox, 16 October 2015
The ongoing protest against fee increases at the University of Witwatersrand is not about the whim and fancy of students who feel entitled to a free ride. It is about the ongoing… Read more »
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South Africa: #WitsFeesMustFall - 'I Feel Like Government Intervention Is Necessary'
The Daily Vox, 15 October 2015
Students at the University of the Witwatersrand have been protesting over a 10,5% increase to fees set for next year and academic activities on campus have been brought to a… Read more »
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South Africa: Gates Opened At Wits
News24Wire, 14 October 2015
Staff and students at the University of the Witwatersrand have all gone home following a student protest that saw gates barricaded for most of Wednesday. Read more »
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South Africa: #witsfeesmustfall Students Stand Firm
The Daily Vox, 14 October 2015
Wits University's Student Representative Council (SRC) protest against the 10.5% fee increase slated for next year continues on Thursday. Read more »
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South Africa: Wits University Suspends Classes
News24Wire, 14 October 2015
All classes and academic activities at the University of the Witwatersrand were suspended on Wednesday following a protest over fee increases, the institution said. Read more »
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South Africa: Wits Staff Locked in By Protests
News24Wire, 14 October 2015
Students at Wits university, where protests have been ongoing for most of Wednesday, have now blockaded all the gates leading into and out of the institution. Read more »
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South Africa: Students Shut Down Wits in Fee Protest
The Daily Vox, 14 October 2015
Wits University's Student Representative Council (SRC) has staged a major protest early Wednesday morning against the 10.5% fee increase slated for next year. The SRC and its… Read more »
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South Africa: Students Were Consulted Over Fee Increases - Wits University
News24Wire, 14 October 2015
Students were consulted a number of times on fee increases at Wit University, the institution said on Thursday. Read more »
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South Africa: Students Denied a Better Future and Nzimande's Solution - Another Talk Shop
DA, 19 October 2015
The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande, has yet again failed to act decisively to deal with the funding crisis at universities. It has now taken the closure… Read more »
South African Students Protest Against Fee Increase
Wits University's chief financial officer Linda Jarvis has said that since the fee hike was announced, her office has been inundated with requests for information regarding why the increases were necessary.
