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Protesting students close shops in Braamfontein Updated Sinethemba Madolo Sinethemba Madolo Students took to the streets for a second week to demand that historic debt be wiped out. The group, which began protesting at De Beer Street, which has been dubbed Ntumba Street by the students after Mthokosizi Ntumba, who was shot and killed during last week’s protests. #WitsProtests | A handful of students are gathered at De Beer Steet - dubbed by the students Ntumba Street - ahead of the national...

Wits SRC president says student leaders have agreed to a national campaign to force institutions to end financial and academic exclusion.

‘This colonial statue must fall’ - Wits protesters try to bring down Braamfontein monument Updated Nokukhanya N Mntambo and Sinethemba Madolo Share this: Protesting Wits students attempted to take down a statue in Braamfontein on Friday after a week-long campaign to raise awareness of their unmet fee demands. Nokukhanya N Mntambo The students claim thousands of their peers have been excluded from the 2021 academic programme due to historical debt. They want the institution to allow the ca...

Wits students call for apartheid legacy statues to be removed from the city Wits students call for apartheid legacy statues to be removed from the city By Sameer Naik Share Johannesburg - As Wits students continue to protest for free education, they are also calling for apartheid legacy statues to be removed from the city. Students took matters into their own hands as they attempted to remove a gold mining statue outside the City of Joburg’s offices in Braamfontein. Several students attemp...

Its a sad situation: Cele says after Mthokozisi Ntumbas killing Police top brass arrived at Mthokosizi Nthumbas Kempton Park home to meet with his grieving family on Thursday. Mthokozisi Ntumba was shot and killed during student protests on Wednesday, 10 March 2021. Picture: Facebook. 37 days ago JOHANNESBURG - Police Minister Bheki Cele said he could neither explain nor defend the actions of the police offi...

On Thursday, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Blade Nzimande outlined plans for additional funding for students in higher education. This comes amid widespread outrage over the death of 35-year-old Mthokozisi Ntumba, who was killed when police opened fire on unarmed students protesting at Wits University on Wednesday. The police allegedly opened fire and Ntumba was hit as he came out of a nearby healthcare facility. During a post-Cabinet briefing, Nzimande expressed his cond...

South Africas Wits University Students Are Protesting Rising Debt and Education Costs Over 8,000 university students are being financially excluded from the 2021 academic year. Why Global Citizens Should Care South Africas young people have been fighting for the right to equal, affordable education since 1976, and what each of their protests have in common is that lives have been lost for a basic human right. The UN’s Global Goal 4 works to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education a...

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 Mthumbas 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 ma...

Protesting Wits University students have no plans on backing down on their demands for the institution’s management to allow their indebted counterparts to register

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has confirmed that its probe into the death of a man during the Wits student protest will start on Wednesday.