Wits students block Empire Road while protesting over registration issues

South Africa

Johannesburg – Wits University students are protesting in Milpark on Tuesday morning, disrupting traffic flow in the area.

They have blocked Empire Road with rubble at the M1 bridge near the university.

The student representative council has tweeted that the protest is over registration issues.

According to a motorist in the area, 30 people were protesting earlier on Tuesday morning.

“They were quite aggressive so we stopped, and a few people came up to the cars with bricks in their hands and were threatening some of the drivers that if they dared passed, they would do something about it.”

The university on Monday said it was ready to kick-start the 2021 academic year after registering 35,000 students.

 

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