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Wits chancellor Dlamini calls for more women representation at higher learning
Dlamini said black and coloured women were still underrepresented in South Africa.
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Wits' Vilakazi hopes SA universities will lead scientific fight against COVID-19
During a virtual ceremony, Professor Zeblon Vilakazi was officially installed as the 16th Wits Vice-Chancellor - nine months after he was appointed to replace Professor Adam Habib.
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Wits SRC, academics call for Nzimande to offer long-term solution to fees crisis
The Academic Staff Association of Wits University’s President Precious Biyila said while she welcomes the R7 bn injection to assist desperate students there were still numerous questions on the long-term sustainability of the higher education sector.
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Academic staff at Wits stand in solidarity with protesting students
They say the concessions on free education made after the fees must fall movement seemed not to have alleviated pressure on either students or academic staff.
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Wits students won't heed SAUS call to suspend protest over free higher education
This is in contradiction to a decision taken by the union to suspend all protests, following a meeting with Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande earlier this week.
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Wits SRC to begin allocating funds to qualifying students after raising R4m
Student leaders say they will begin the process of allocating the funds to qualifying students from Tuesday.
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Right to education yet to be realised for many black S.Africans - students
The students said that 27 years after democracy, the fight for free decolonised education continued and innocent people were being killed during peaceful protests.
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Wits SRC raises R4m to assist students in urgent need of financial assistance
The Wits SRC said that it had managed to raise the money within the last two months.
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Students vow to continue protests over historic debt next week until demands met
Wits University SRC’s Mpendulo Mfeka reiterated that they were not backing down until their demands were met.
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Two Wits students arrested during protests due in court for bail application
They were arrested last week during protests in Braamfontein.
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Wits University to allow qualifying students with historical debt to register
It said the number included students who applied through the Wits Hardship Fund and about 300 put forward by the SRC.
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WATCH LIVE: Mthokozisi Ntumba remembered at memorial service
Ntumba was shot and killed in Braamfontein last week when police fired rubber bullets at protesting Wits University students.
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Mthokozisi Ntumba’s alleged killers due in court
Ntumba was shot and killed in Braamfontein last week when police fired rubber bullets at protesting students.
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Wits senior management locked in talks over student demands
Students at campuses across the country have embarked on a national shutdown over free higher education.
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SAPS probe claims of student shot & wounded by officers during Wits protest
Students say the young woman was shot in the leg by police but the South African Police Service (SAPS) said all that was used on Monday was a smoke grenade and water cannon.
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Protesting students intimidate journalists covering demonstrations in Joburg
Earlier, some students turned on members of the media as large groups of University of Johannesburg students marched to join their Wits counterparts.
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Wits students hope Mthokozisi Ntumba's family sees justice done after arrests
Wits SRC member Kanakana Mudzanani said that they hoped that the justice system would not fail Ntumba's family.
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Students heed shutdown call, block entrances to UJ, NMU
The South African Union of Students (SAUS) announced a nationwide shutdown on Sunday.
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Four police officers arrested for the killing of Mthokozisi Ntumba
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) said that the four were police officers from the public order policing unit.
