On Wednesday, 1 March, the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) students’ representative council (SRC) announced a campus shutdown due to “ongoing issues related to housing and financial ...

Wits University said campus protection services were managing the protests. It urged staff and students to avoid the Yale Road North entrance and to use alternative entrances to access the university.

Wits University management and the Students' Representative Council (SRC) have agreed to extend the student registration deadline until Tuesday. In a statement issued on Friday evening, the university ...