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The Wits SRC claims police may have shot a student with a live round on Monday. It also said five students have been arrested.

Student shot, another injured in clashes with cops Penwell Dlamini and Mpho Koka"> By Penwell Dlamini and Mpho Koka - 16 March 2021 - 10:47 One student was shot with rubber bullets and another was injured after she fell when police clashed with protesting students in Johannesburg on the first day of the higher education national shutdown. The student who injured her right leg fell when police fired water cannons on Graf Street in Braamfontein was attended to by paramedics at the sc...

Tertiary institutions across SA brace for planned national shutdown today The threats come after days of protests at various universities across the country last week. Wits University students protesting on 9 March 2021, over registration issues according to the student representative council. Picture: @Wits_SRC/Twitter. 31 days ago JOHANNESBURG - Tertiary education institutions across the country are bracin...

Photo: Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images Nationwide protest action is expected after the SA Union of Students had a meeting with the higher education department to discuss its demands. SRCs have raised concerns regarding financial exclusion. Police spokesperson Vish Naidoo says police will be on high alert. Mass protest action across the country is expected on Monday as students from 26 different universities plan on bringing all institutions to a standstill. It comes after mounting concerns of financ...

They want historic debt to be cleared and that universities not increase fees this year.

Student shot in the leg during fees clashes in Braamfontein, SRC says Were continuing the rest of the week, until our demands are met. The week might not be enough — we might need a month: Wits SRC president By Iavan Pijoos and Belinda Pheto - 15 March 2021 The police used water cannons to disperse protesting Wits University students on Monday. Image: Alaister Russell A Wits student was shot in the leg during protests on Monday, the universitys SRC president ...

UNIVERSITY students have vowed to continue with their demands from free education until their demands are met.

A protesting Wits student was shot in the leg during clashes with police on Monday, the university's SRC president Mpendulo Mfeka told TimesLIVE.

Although some variant of the #FeesMustFall saga returns with metronomic regularity at the start of each academic year, it always seems to catch both government and universities by surprise.  The week ending on Friday, 12 March 2021, saw student protests at the universities of the Free State, Cape Town, Wits and Pretoria; government “reprioritising” the budget for the higher education sector, and “an innocent bystander”, Mthokozisi Ntumba, a 35-year-old father of three, and a recent MA ...

Police spokesperson Vish Naidoo has denied claims its members, deployed in Braamfontein, fired any shots during protests, after a student was shot in the leg.