Tuesday 4 October 2016 - 2:47pm
A student with a different message, calling for the right to study, presents his message during the protest. Shortly thereafter, his placard was ripped from his hands and torn up.
JOHANNESBURG - One student stood out among the scores of students protesting at Wits University on Tuesday.
The unnamed student is seen holding up a poster that reads: Keep Wits open. it is my right to an education too
The poster was subsequently destroyed by protestors, but the student s stand comes amidst growing calls for the university to stay open.
Three quarters of the students who participated in a poll last week, voted for classes to resume today.
Former Wits vice-chancellor Adam Habib can be heard in a clip circulating on social media saying he comes from a part of the world where the use of the word is acceptable.
When a Zoom goes wrong: Habib responds to N-word uproar Updated
Christelle du Toit
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Habib left Wits in December to take up a position as Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies, based in London.
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Former Wits University Vice-Chancellor (VC), Adam Habib has defended his use of the N-word in a video clip that has gone viral.
The clip caused a stir on social media on Friday morning and showed Habib in an engagement with students using the N-word in his reply to a question.
Habib left Wits in December to take up a position as Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), based in London.
“What happens outside the perimeters of the university becomes public order,” said Vilakazi.
“It is regrettable that someone died because of disproportionate use of containing the protest. I think the situation could have been dissolved better.”
Vilakazi said that he was “gutted” by the death of the man.
He said that the university will closely monitor the case’s developments as the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) investigate Ntumba’s death.
“We do not want this to be a cold case.”
According to Ipid’s Spokesperson, Ndileka Cola, the case of ‘death as a result of police action’ is under investigation by the directorate.