Bloomberg and TMG Digital report that the Mangosuthu University of Technology and the Pietermaritzburg campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) were closed on Monday as a result of student protests.
South African Union of Students (SAUS) secretary-general Sthembiso Ndlovu said it might shut down campuses across the country in protest against planned fee increases for 2017. Vice-chancellor and principal of UKZN‚ Dr Albert van Jaarsveld‚ said there were protests overnight and early on Monday and management took a decision to suspend all academic activities on the Pietermaritzburg campus on Monday and Tuesday (15 and 16 August 2016). Meantime, Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande said on Monday that a decision on university fee increases for 2017 would be made before the end of the month.
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