The Citizen reports that the Chamber of Mines of SA (COM) agreed to table demands made by Wits University students of the Fees Must Fall campaign on Wednesday to the Chamber’s council and all its members.  

But the Chamber could only commit to moral support for the movement, saying it was unlikely the mining industry could afford to contribute more than it already did to training and education in the country.  Hundreds of students on Wednesday afternoon marched to the COM’s offices in downtown Johannesburg where they handed over a memorandum of demands.  The students were asked to give the COM two weeks to respond.  Former Wits SRC leader Mcebo Dlamini sent out a warning to the mining industry, saying:  “If Chamber is not taking our grievances (seriously) we will lobby unions.  We will lobby AMCU to shut down the mines.  We will ask our comrades in the mines to join the protest for free education.”

• Read this report Simnikiwe Hlatshaneni in full at The Citizen
• See too, Wits students march on Chamber of Mines over #FeesMustFall, at BDLive
• And also, Chamber of Mines to respond to Wits #FeesMustFall protesters, at IOL News

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