TimesLive reports that a strike by University of South Africa (Unisa) staff sparked renewed protest action by prospective students in Durban on Wednesday.  

A group of nearly 100 student hopefuls blockaded Stalwart Simelane Street outside the city campus‚ using rocks and overturned bins.  Protracted wage negotiations between the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) and Unisa remain deadlocked.  Unisa SRC representative Msizi Mbotho said the impasse between Nehawu and Unisa management negatively affected the prospective students.  After a brief standoff and negotiations between eThekwini metro police and SRC members‚ the debris was cleared and the road opened.

• A short report by Jeff Wicks is at TimesLive

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