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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 shutdown. Head of SRC Mpendulo Mfeka is expected to meet with the VC, Zeblon Vilakazi this afternoo...

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 cash-strapped students to register. The negotiations deadlocked earlier this week when management deni...

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 attempted to tear down The Miners’ Monument , with demonstrators telling the media that the act of de...

'It's a sad situation': Cele says after Mthokozisi Ntumba's killing Police top brass arrived at Mthokosizi Nthumba's 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 officers who opened fire on protesting students in Braamfontein, killing a 35-year-old man. Police ...