University campuses across the country will be closed again on Wednesday.
This, as students continue their campaign for free higher education and no fee increases for next year.
There were scenes of violence at Wits University on Tuesday, where students and security personnel clashed.
At Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, students were due to gather at 4.30am to begin their protest.They will hand over a memorandum to campus management later in the day.NMMU SRC president, Nicolaas Nyati."We are saying to management, you allowed these students to register, now you are going to clear off that debt. When you allowed them to register, yet you knew that they did not have funding, where did you think the funding was going to come from?"
UCT says meetings between management and students are planned for later this week. Classes have again been suspended for the next two days, after students blocked the entrances to the upper and lower campuses. University spokesperson Elijah Moholola has encouraged university staff to liaise with their line managers if they felt unsafe.
Students from the University of the Free State have decided on an aggressive plan of action, to force government to submit to their demands for free higher education. Following a meeting on Tuesday, students hope to engage UFS management and demand that all disciplinary action against those involved in protest action earlier this year be immediately halted. They also want the university to refrain from announcing any fee increases until the Commission for Higher Education and Training has completed its report into tertiary education in November. According to Sasco UFS branch chairperson, Tumelo Rapitsi, students are no longer concerned only with fee increases, but demand free education.
Meanwhile The University of Fort Hare's Vice Chancellor Dr Mvuyo Tom, says there won't be any fee increases at the University next year.Dr Tom said the Higher Education and Training Department will subsidise the University for whatever the University Council shall determine, as the required funds to compensate for the zero fee increase.
However, the SRC secretary Richardo Smith said Dr Tom is being technical in his statement because other students who aren't NSFAS beneficiaries will remain affected.
