University of Cape Town students are holding mass demonstrations on campus grounds. Students are demanding that the university allow them to register for the 2021 academic year, regardless of their outstanding debt. The government is expected to spend R42.1 billion on NSFAS in 2021 - an increase of nearly R7 billion from the previous year. University of Cape Town (UCT) students joined the fight against financial exclusion by shutting down the campus on Friday in a bid to address the issue. Disgruntled students gathered at the campus and crammed into the Kramer Law Building. They sang struggle songs as they waited for feedback from the university's management.