Mpendulo Mfeka News Today

Good Evening to the Moseneke Family, the leadership of various institutions and organisations present here, comrades of SASSFE, all comrades, colleagues and friends that here this evening. My name is Nompendulo Mkhatshwa, I am a Wits alumni, a former Wits student activist, former Wits SRC President, a trustee of SASSFE and a member of parliament currently serving as the chairperson of the portfolio committee on higher education, science and innovation.

A former University of the Witwatersrand SRC president pledged $100,000 in student aid as Wits celebrated its 99th birthday on Monday.

A former Wits University SRC president has pledged almost R1.5 million to help students.


Tragedy grips Wits university after three suicides in three weeks By Lesego Makgatho Three Wits University students have died from suicide in the past three weeks. A statement released by the Wits University’s Student Representative Council highlighted the issue of mental health and its impact on the student body. The SRC attributed the suicides to the pressure placed on students by the university. Wits SRC president Mpendulo Mfeka said the misconception was that these students took their ...

Five months into the year, some National Student Financial Aid Scheme-funded students have yet to receive their money. They are going hungry, but the funding group says those who have been registered at their institutions have, and continue to be, funded.

Wits students wont heed SAUS call to suspend protest over free higher education This is in contradiction to a decision taken by the union to suspend all protests, following a meeting with Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande earlier this week. FILE: A small group of protesting students blocked roads with stones and rubble in Braamfontein near Wits University as part of the National Shutdown over student ...

Wits SRC to lead march to Joburg court Updated Anastasi Mokgobu Share this: The Student Representative Council (SRC) at Wits is expected to lead a march to the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on Wednesday. Twitter/WitsSRC Four police officers are set to appear in court for the first time in connection with the death of Mthokozisi Ntumba The four police officers from the Public Order Policing Unit were arrested earlier this week. The 35-year-old Ntumba was allegedly shot and killed by a police ...

Police in court facing murder charge after death of Mthokozisi Ntumba 17 March 2021 - 14:34 Four police officers accused of killing Mthokozisi Ntumba, a bystander caught up in the protest by Wits University students last week, appeared in the Johannesburg magistrates court on Wednesday. They covered their faces with buffs over their heads. The public order policing unit members are Tshepiso Kekana, 27, Cidraas Motseathata, 43, Madimetsa Legodi, 37, and Victor Mohammed, 51. The case is ba...

Attempted murder case opened after police trace student shot on Monday Police say the student claims she and a friend were picked up by police on Monday and an altercation ensued between herself and an officer when they were dropped off near Braamfontein cemetery 17 March 2021 - 15:45 The police used water cannons to disperse protesting Wits University students on Monday. Police say they have traced a student who says she was shot by police on Monday, and a case of attempted mur...

Four police officers who made their first court appearance in the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday in connection with Mthokozisi Ntumba’s death have been remanded and their bail application has been postponed to March 24. Tshepiso Kekana, Cidraas Motseothata, Madimetja Legodi and Victor Mohammed, who are from the public order policing unit, were formally charged with murder, attempted murder and defeating the ends of justice after they were arrested by the Independent Police In...