JOHANNESBURG - The University of Johannesburg (UJ) confirmed on Sunday that future applicants must use alternative methods when making late applications, as it will no longer allow walk-ins.
The university’s decision was prompted by a stampede in January during which the mother of a prospective student was trampled to death.
The university's vice chancellor, Ihron Rensburg urged future applicants to apply online or to make use of UJ's mobile site.
“We’re confident that the use of electronic media or electronic communications in this instance is going to be helpful to the university but also particularly to late applicants.
UJ had been one of the few universities that took last-minute applications after the January release of matric results, where matriculants may discover they had achieved an unexpected university entrance pass.