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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 own lives because of academic pressure. “This is not the case with this particular three as the...

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.