Protests continue at UCT and Wits as students unite against housing and financial exclusion challenges
I wrote this article with Takudzwa Pongweni while covering student protests in South Africa for Daily Maverick in 2025.
More than 80 students at UCT are living in campus offices without proper facilities, while Wits students continue their hunger strike in protest of being excluded from registration due to historical debt. Both universities face mounting pressure as students demand immediate action to address these crises.
Various student societies and club offices at the University of Cape Town (UCT) remain filled with more than 80 students who have been left without accommodation at the institution. Mattresses and what little belongings the students have are scattered on office floors.