Wits SRC agrees on short term demands

The Wits Students Representative council and the senior executive team, today, held another meeting and agreed on a few short term solutions for the academic year.

After negotiation with the Students' Representative Council, the Senior Executive Team agreed to implement the following measures that will enable more returning students to register in 2016:

1. All students who owe the University between R1 and R1000 will be allowed to register in 2016. The outstanding debt for 2015 will be rolled over to 2016. The University estimates that this concession will benefit 3607 students this year.

2. All students who can show that they are fully funded for 2016 will be allowed to register. They will have to sign an acknowledgment of debt for fees owed in 2015.

3. The University will work with the SRC to raise funds to clear the debt of approximately 1284 students who owe the University between R1001 and R5000. If this effort is successful, these students will then be allowed to register in 2016.

4. The SRC and the University will approach the provincial government to cover the debt of about 1418 students who owe the University between R5001 and R20000. If these efforts are successful, these students will be allowed to register for the 2016 academic year.