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In Case You Missed It: Wits classes cancelled due to protests Students have been protesting since Monday demanding that the university provide them with accommodation. WitsHungerStrike WitsShutdown WitsProtest sabcnews

 

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Wits is not a bank. You think there are pots of hidden gold somewhere?. The university is almost bankrupt!

We are fighting for what's rightfully ours. FundaMfundiFunda WitsHungerStrike WitsShutdown

This is not about entitlement. We are talking about poor students that are are going through marginalization on the grounds that they are poor.

South Africans varsity students feel entitled to everything. Graduates on traineeships also. It’s like the world revolves around them.

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