Govt will ensure demands are met, ANC s Magashule tells protesting Wits students The students marched to Luthuli House to deliver a memorandum of demands, they also demonstrated outside the Johannesburg Central Police Station earlier. African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magushule addresses protesting Wits University students at Luthuli House in Johannesburg on 11 March 2021. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey-Makhaza/Eyewitness News
16 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magushule has told protesting Wits University students that government would ensure that their demands were met.
The students marched to Luthuli House to deliver a memorandum of demands, they also demonstrated outside the Johannesburg Central Police Station earlier.
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Police Minister Bheki Cele has reacted to the death of a 35-year-old man who died after being shot during yesterday s student protest in Johannesburg.
GCIS I can t explain it. It has no grain of explanation or defence on it. Somebody, for me, just went crazy, For now, the IPID is in the house.
Mthokozisi Ntumba had just left a clinic in Braamfontein when he was shot - apparently with rubber bullets.
Cele, Mawela visit home of man shot dead by police during Wits protest Police Minister Beki Cele, Gauteng Commissioner Elias Mawela and officials from police watchdog Ipid are expected to meet with Mthokosizi Mthumba s family. FILE: Police Minister Bheki Cele. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.
29 days ago
KEMPTON PARK - Police top brass on Thursday arrived at the Kempton Park home of the 35-year-old man who was killed in the Braamfontein student protest.
Police Minister Beki Cele, Gauteng Commissioner Elias Mawela and officials from police watchdog Ipid are expected to meet with Mthokozisi Ntumba s family.
He was killed on Wednesday when police opened fire with rubber bullets to try and disperse protesting Wits University students who were demanding historical debt be scrapped.
South Africans must stand against police brutality - Wits lecturer The academics joined protesting students at the Johannesburg Central Police Station, where they laid an official complaint against police brutality. South African Police Service (SAPS) officers use teargas to disperse students during a protest in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on March 10, 2021. Picture: Emmanuel Croset/AFP
20 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - Wits academics have called on South Africans to stand up and protect their constitutional right to protest.
The academics joined protesting students at the Johannesburg Central Police Station, where they laid an official complaint against police brutality.
WATCH: Ace Magashule addresses protesting students