Protesting Wits students declare ‘ceasefire’

It’s been a week since students took to the streets over financial and academic exclusion, as well as access to affordable accommodation.

These include an end to the police’s presence on campus, the removal of external private security on campus, and the lifting of the suspensions against five students and the SRC president Aphiwe Mnyamana. “The first demand was that the police be removed from campus, we’ve agreed to that and the police are off campus already. The second is the reduction of private security and we’ve agreed that as things calm down and if there are no infringements and there’s no destruction to property; if things are peaceful and calm; we will reduce the number of protection services people we have gradually.

Patel said the university cannot accede to the demand of lifting the suspensions. This comes after SRC deputy president Kamogelo Mabe called for the return of Aphiwe Mnyamana to lead the negotiations.

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