To study or not to study...

As several universities around South Africa remain shut this week, Wits University is planning to poll its students and staff over whether the institution should remain closed. In an e-mail to students and staff yesterday, Wits' executive committee said: "If the majority of students and staff support the re-opening on Monday [yesterday], the university will call upon government and the police to meet their obligations to protect the university's property and to safeguard the lives of students a...