Radio Islam News Team, 14-10-2015

Wits University’s Student Representative Council (SRC) staged a major protest early Wednesday morning against the 10.5% fee increase for next year.

The SRC and its supporters have blocked off certain entrances to the university, causing chaos on the roads around the campus, which is situated on the edge of the Johannesburg CBD.

SRC President Shaeera Kalla says “all student and political organizations to say the university needs to respect us and needs to respect our parents and look at our social and economic status”.

Protestors, who blocked entrances to the university, shouted slogans like “Kill us but we are not moving!” to fellow students and members of the JMPD alike.

Those barred from entering campus parking areas abandoned their vehicles on the streets, opting instead to head into campus on foot and scuffles broke out between those protesting and those turning people away at the entrances.

Students are demanding to see vice chancellor Adam Habib as they occupy the senate house which is packed to capacity.