The University of Johannesburg’s Students Representative Council (SRC) has announced that it is not against a call for a national shutdown of tertiary institutions. The call was made by the national executives of both the South African Students Congress (SASCO) and South African Union for Students (SAUS).The university's student representative body sent an sms to students on Tuesday to communicate their stance on the proposed shutdown."Dear UJ student‚ the UJSRC wishes to announce that it is not against the call made by both National Executive Committees of SASCO and SAUS for National Shutdown of Institutions as a call for Free Quality Education; however the UJSRC is in a constant consultation with all relevant stakeholders of the University‚ hence operations in all UJ campuses will continue as normal until further notice. Regards‚ UJSRC‚" reads the text message.On Monday‚ the University of the Witwatersrand students' representative council released a statement demanding a "moratorium" on all university fee increments until the realisation of free and quality education.In a statement the Wits student body said that last year during the #WitsFeesMustFall protests‚ which then became the national #FeesMustFall movement‚ "we took to the streets of this country to firstly call for free and quality education‚ secondly to put an end to exorbitant fee increments‚ and thirdly a commitment to the realisation of insourcing at various institutions across the country".On Monday Wits spokesperson‚ Sharona Patel told TMG Digital that things were normal at Wits and there was no protest.Meanwhile‚ University of Johannesburg spokesperson Herman Esterhuizen said they had a small group gathering outside their campus.On Sunday SAUS released a statement saying that it rejected the "fact that the commission is investigating the feasibility of free education instead of investigating the modalities of how to realise free and quality education”.“In the current climate: a very young population‚ high unemployment rates‚ a plateaued economic growth and a growing skills gap‚ we cannot view access to education as a privilege. The question should not be whether South Africa can afford free education but can we afford NOT to have free and quality education‚" the statement read. SASCO and SAUS were not immediately available for comment...