UCT students aparently demands shutdown

Leonie Pretorius

04 October 2016

The University of Cape Town management says protesting students have demanded classes be suspended, pending a resolution to their grievances.

Management says its main focus now is to ensure lectures proceed uninterrupted.

At the weekend, university management interacted with protesting students, via a mediator, in bid to find a way forward.

The university’s management asked that academic activity continue, parallel to engagement with protesting students, but the protesters want the academic year to be suspended, pending the outcome of a resolution.