Lectures at Wits initially re-opened on Tuesday after weeks of disruptions, but were soon shut down as the protests continued. Police fired teargas, rubber bullets and stun grenades at rock-throwing students.
There were several injuries on both sides.
Classes have been suspended until Monday while a general assembly will be held on Friday, said student leader and former SRC president Mcebo Dlamini after a meeting with university management on Tuesday night.
PEACE PLEASE: Advocate Dali Mpofu pleads for calm as police and student protesters face off.
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SMOKED OUT: Students duck teargas fired by police to disperse those who gathered outside the Great Hall.
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NAKED AGGRESSION: Female students take off their tops in protest against what they said was police brutality.
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LONE VOICE: Student Stuart Young holds a placard that expresses his wish to resume classes, while another student tries to snatch it away.
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TRUCE OFFERING: A student offers flowers to police officers in a gesture of nonviolence.
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ARMED AND ANONYMOUS: Students enter lecture rooms disrupting classes and calling for the shutdown of the campus to continue. Picture: ALON SKUY
A student offers a flower to a police officer after clashes over high tuition fees at Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, October 4,2016.
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Students gather during a mass protest at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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A stun grenade is fired while a student jumps on a falling policeman and another officer discharges a rubber bullet during running battles on the Wits campus on Tuesday 4 October 2016.
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Mcebo Dlamini, the leader of the University of Witwatersrand students dances with a helmet belonging to the University private security and with a shield during a running battle with the police forces on campus as he takes part in a mass demonstration on October 4, 2016 in Johannesburg.
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Student leader Mcebo Dlamini is detained during clashes with South African police at Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand.
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A student holds a stone as he gestures and chant slogans during a mass protest of the Fees Must Fall movement at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg on October 4, 2016.
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A student throws a rock at a South African police car during clashes.
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