'A storm is coming' promises WITS SRC

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A video clip of students sleeping in the library at Wits University was shared by the student representative council (SRC) on Wednesday, as it staged a demonstration demanding immediate action.

While the university reiterated that free accommodation excludes students who have failed repeatedly, the SRC tweeted: “When we resort to other measures, we do so because we have exhausted all other forms of engagement. A storm is coming. It cannot be that under our leadership students are subjected to these inhumane conditions. Our students will be accommodated!”
4 Mar 2020 9AM English South Africa News · Daily News

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