Wits University students block Empire Road while protesting over registration issues
Wits University students are protesting in Milpark on Tuesday morning, disrupting traffic flow in the area.
They’ve blocked Empire Road with rubble at the M1 bridge near the university.
The student representative council has tweeted that the protest is over registration issues.
Students will register pic.twitter.com/6uTWMeHMY1
— Wits SRC (@Wits_SRC) March 9, 2021
Wits main campus pic.twitter.com/Kd0WXoY8sa
— Oshun of Evangelista (@GodessOshun) March 9, 2021
A motorist in the area said he saw about 30 people protesting earlier on Tuesday morning.
“They were quite aggressive so we stopped, and a few people came up to the cars with bricks in their hands and were threatening some of the drivers that if they dared passed, they would do something about it.”
On Monday, the university said it was ready to kick-start the 2021 academic year after registering 35,000 students.
-EWN
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