Wits students protest over tuition fee increase

daveza said:
How is it a contraction if it uses the same number of keys to write.
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Wow, you're not doing yourself any favours here.

You realise a space is still a keystroke? That aside, it's still a contraction. Just like "it's" is a contraction of "it is"
 
SammyD said:
You guys may not know wwho they are but I bet 50% of the population under 35 knows who Simphiwe Dana is and 50% of the population under 25 knows who AKA is. Can't stand A.K.A though and he probably was doing this for publicity.
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someone told him Casper would be there...
 
Sinbad said:
some nobodies who figure they can get some free publicity
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You guys may not know who they are but I bet 50% of the population under 35 knows who Simphiwe Dana is and 50% of the population under 25 knows who AKA is. Can't stand A.K.A though and he probably was doing this for publicity.
 
Like Simphiwe Dana isn't doing it for publicity either?

I can guarantee you he doesn't give two shytes about their actual issues.
 
*od can these little babies stop moaning and get a life in the real world.

Babies = students protesting...
 
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ToxicBunny said:
Like Simphiwe Dana isn't doing it for publicity either?



I can guarantee you he doesn't give two shytes about their actual issues.
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Simphiwe Dana is a she. Besides, even if she was doing it for publicity, she's a whole lot more respectable than A.K.A
 
SammyD said:
What did I miss? Been sleeping all morning.
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schumi said:
Jeanette Chabalala and Adam Wakefield, News24

Johannesburg - Students from the University of the Witwatersrand protesting against fee increases threatened to beat up journalists on Tuesday.

A News24 journalist and other media observing the students at the gates of the Wits Medical School, where students were reportedly writing exams, were told they would be assaulted if they did not leave.

"We don't want the media. You guys are painting us bad in front of our parents so we don't want you here," one student told News24.

Photographers were also pushed by students. The protesting students numbered a few dozen at the gates of the campus, with no security or police in sight.

The protesting students then went inside the campus, where it was believed they intended to disrupt exams.

The protests flared up last week following the university's announcement that fees would be increased by 10.5%, to account for rising costs and inflation.

‘Make Joburg ungovernable’

On Monday, Wits EFF student chair Vuyani Phambo told students they planned to push their protest further, taking power away from Wits Vice Chancellor Adam Habib.

The students said they wanted to make Johannesburg ungovernable by "frustrating white monopoly capital".

This comes after negotiations reached a deadlock when the Wits council refused to meet with the students as planned on Monday, after they allegedly broke into a locked Senate House concourse during the morning.

Later on Monday, students marched to Empire Road where reports emerged that students had overturned a van and thrown stones at cars.

SRC sitting president at Wits, Shaeera Kalla, said they will demand that the university extend the exam timetable for a week, as well as assignments and tests.

Blade Nzimande visit?

While gathered at the Senate House, students demanded that Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande come and address them, saying they felt insulted by him.

The minister was scheduled to meet with various vice chancellors on Tuesday after protests at Rhodes University, the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Stellenbosch University, all against fee hikes.

Classes were suspended at Wits, Rhodes and UCT on Monday, and again on Tuesday.

At Stellenbosch, students were occupying the Admin B building, while at the University of Pretoria, SRC president Mosibudi Rasethaba rejected an earlier statement from the university that an agreement had been reached.

News24
Source
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...ents-threaten-to-beat-up-journalists-20151020
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You missed that your fellow protesters threatened to assault people...

#peacefulprotestsemoer
 
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Seriously said:
That figures.
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What exactly am I supposed to do during the day considering I know I study best between midnight and 6am. And I can never go more than 8 hours a day of studying without me ending up just passively reading what's in front of me.
 
SammyD said:
What exactly am I supposed to do during the day considering I know I study best between midnight and 6am. And I can never go more than 8 hours a day of studying without me ending up just passively reading what's in front of me.
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Don't feed the troll.
 
WITS UNIVERSITY CLOSED UNTIL MONDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2015

Wits University has over the past few days suspended all University activities on a day-by-day basis as developments unfolded around the ongoing student protest.

The University acknowledges that there has been a call for a national day of solidarity to take place tomorrow, Wednesday, 21 October 2015. Wits also recognises the need to allow time for the necessary negotiations to take place to resolve the current situation.

In order to ensure the safety and security of our staff and students, the executive management has decided to suspend all University activities for the remainder of this week. This applies to all staff (academic, professional, support and administrative) and students.
The University encourages students to use this time productively to prepare for their examinations.

Students are also reminded that any protests that take place off campus are out of Wits University’s control and that the University has no influence over how the South African Police Service may deal with situations that occur in public areas.
 
who the **** negotiates with customers who are holding you to ransom with violence?
 
Sinbad said:
who the **** negotiates with customers who are holding you to ransom with violence?
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They have to negotiate since there is no political will to stop the protesters by force even the DA wet to talk to the protesters instead of condemning them
 
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