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The Wits University Students’ Representative Council (SRC) and management have agreed to a mediation process and in the meantime allow academic programmes to continue as scheduled.

The university’s SRC gave the institutions management until the end of Tuesday to indicate its availability, saying that it gave it enough time to respond to their demands.

The students said they are worried about whether the university will grant them the time to catch up academically.

One of the five students who were suspended at Wits University amid protests said he has been told to vacate his residence inside the campus before the end of Monday evening.

Despite marathon meetings at the weekend, students at the University of the Witwatersrand on Monday vowed to continue with their protests, saying Wits failed to adequately address their demands.

One of the five students who were suspended at Wits University amid protests said he has been told to vacate his residence inside the campus before the end of Monday evening.

Wits university management held negotiations at the weekend with student leaders after disruptive protests over grievances related to historic debt, exclusion and accommodation.

Scores of Wits University students have shut the main entrance to the campus in protest against “financial exclusion and lack of accommodation”.

Lectures at Wits University were disrupted by student protests on Wednesday.