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Cabinet has discussed varsity fee issue, says Higher Education Updated Anastasi Mokgobu Share this: Cabinet and Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande discussed the university fees crisis during this week’s meeting of the executive, says the department. twitter.com/GovernmentZA Nzimande’s spokesperson Ishmael Mnisi says the minister is currently in contact with Wits management and council to establish facts regarding the latest strikes and the death of a man during Wednesday’s protest. Some Wits students and the SRC have been raising the issue of the exclusion of students who owe...

Wits student protest turns deadly as bullets fly in Braamfontein Updated Nothando Mkhize and Jacaranda FM Share this: Twitter: @BuhleGeleba, via @Wits_SRC It's understood the man happened to be passing by as officers were trying to disperse the protesters who are unhappy about financial exclusion. Netcare 911's Shawn Herbst says paramedics found the man lying on a pavement.  "On arrival, the patient was found unresponsive on the pavement. A Netcare 911 Emergency Care Practitioner assessed the man however he showed no signs of life and sadly declared deceased. All relevant authorities were ...