UPDATE: Wits students to march to Hillbrow Police Station

BRAAMFONTEIN – Wits is relatively quiet at the moment, with a march planned later on.

Students gear themselves up to protest for free education after rejecting Blade Mzimande's eight per cent fees increment. File photo.

Wits University staff returned to the institution in relative calm on 3 October, while students have planned to take their #FeesMustFall protest to Hillbrow Police Station.

The university revealed the day before, after polling its students on whether the academic programme should resume on 3 October, that staff would return to work on Monday, and the academic programme would resume on Tuesday.

The Student Representative Council has asked all Wits students to attend a meeting at Solomon Mahlangu House, after which they plan to march to Hillbrow Police Station.

https://twitter.com/WitsSRC/status/782690408308600832

Wits senior communications officer, Shirona Patel said the phased opening of the institution follows several engagements with a range of stakeholders, including students, where the institution ceded to requests for a phased opening this week.