“Our Lecturer Was So Scared”: Wits University Students Disrupt Classes During Protest
- Several South African universities are experiencing a chaotic beginning of the academic year
- Students have been protesting against financial inclusion and disrupting classes to get acknowledged
- Wit’s University scholars joined in on the fight for affordable education after CPUT and UCT made headlines
It has been a decade since South African students came together to fight for affordable education.
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The 2015 #FeesMustFall movement awarded scholars with a chance to study no matter their background.
Wits University students disrupt classes during protest
Students of the Wits University in Johannesburg started protesting this week against financial exclusion. The scholars came together to fight for every student prohibited from continuing their studies at the institution.
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While the marching and singing mostly happened in the streets, some students interrupted lectures in order to be acknowledged by the school. In a now-viral TikTok video, scholars barged into a classroom and startled the educator with their behaviour.
One pupil gathered footage and posted a video on TikTok with the caption:
“Not them barging into our lecture to strike. Wits is striking for unregistered students. Our lecturer looked scared.”
Students present during the lecture were stunned by their mates fighting for a chance to study. The same events occurred at Stellenbosch University, CPUT, and UCT.
The ongoing strikes and protests resemble the 2015 #FeesMustFall movement led by the youth who were determined to stop increases in student fees as well as to increase government funding of universities.
Watch the TikTok video below:
Wits University students protest against financial exclusion
Social media users were stunned to see protesters disrupt a lecture amid the fight against financial exclusion:
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@callmendondo pointed out a problem:
“Perfect example of the haves and the have-nots! Those seated couldn’t be bothered they made it to Wits why care about those that couldn’t.”
@<3 said:
“The fact that I'd start singing along.”
@Ite shared what they were doing at the time:
“That time I was asleep in the lecture hall. I thought the world was ending.”
@Sithokozile Mamba commented:
“Yho, strikes are so peaceful now or UKZN was just wild. When I was in the first year, the minute we heard singing outside we’d run to the exits at the back, stepping over each other, terrified.”
@pooki22 wrote in the comments:
“In varsity, we had one lecturer who respected SRC so much. Once there are rumours of a strike he would immediately cancel classes for the whole week with no stress.”
@Nomcebo explained to Mzansi:
“They were supposed to strike for the government. WITS is a business, no money, no relationship.”
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- South Africans were appalled to learn about CPUT students sleeping outside of their campus for weeks since the academic year started.
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology students started protesting against financial exclusion after being homeless in Cape Town.
- The University of Cape Town has joined in on the fight against financial exclusion and students started marching on Monday for acknowledgement.
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