The University of the Witwatersrand's student representative council vowed on Saturday to render the university ungovernable until it becomes student- and worker-friendly.
Security and protesting students clash outside the University of the Witwatersrand's Great Hall in Johannesburg on March 2 2023.The University of the Witwatersrand's student representative council vowed on Saturday to render the university ungovernable until it becomes student- and worker-friendly.
This as the institution threatened legal action against the council if it did not halt protest action which started this week and saw shops forced tThe protests turned violent on Friday outside the university'sThey are calling for an end to the exclusion of those with historic debt, for the cap on residence allowances from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme to be scrapped and a lack of accommodation rectified.
They also want the first fee payment of R10,000 — demanded upfront for access to the institution's residences — to be deferred the same way it is for registration. Aphiwe Mnyamana was joined by fellow council members and National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union branch secretary Thabo Modise.Among issues Mnyamana addressed was “misinformation” the SRC was being used by political parties to serve their interests.
He also took a swipe at Fikile Mbalula: “There was something problematic which was said by the secretary-general of the ANC, which is that we [SRC] are poor-performing students.
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