2023 academic year marred by protests

The Wits SRC is expected to meet with officials from the Department of Higher Education and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme in another bid to resolve matters.

This comes after they met with Gauteng Premier Panyza Lesufi.

There is still no concrete resolution to the conflict between Wits management and students.

The protest action continued on Monday with students vowing to up the ante.

Striking Nehawu workers at the university joined the student protest on Monday.

Source: eNCA

In other news – Police say drug overdose might have killed Pearl Shongwe

Late radio news reader Pearl Shongwe‘s cause of death has been suspected to be a drug overdose. A local publication reports that police officers found drugs in her bedroom when they did a cleanup at her home.

“We suspect drug overdose because we have found drugs in her bedroom when we were combing the house for possible leads to her death,” the police officer told the publication. They further stated that they are looking into surveillance cameras to determine who might have been the last person to be with Shongwe while she was alive. Learn More