Wits Students Demand Extended Registration, More Accommodation

The Wits Solidarity Sleepover Movement has urged the university to extend the registration period and raise additional funds to secure more beds, citing ongoing accommodation issues.

A number of students remain without accommodation and some are still unregistered due to historic debt and other financial problems.

In solidarity with those affected, students have embarked on a hunger strike and have been camping at the Student Representative Councils boardroom since last Friday.

The university requires students to have a debt of less than R10 000 or 50 percent of what they owe.

Postgraduate LLB student Siviwe Mafuna, who is also on the hunger strike, criticized the university for failing to engage with the protesting students.