In Conversation With Ntyatyambo Zwelimangele Volsaka- SASCO GJHB region Deputy Chairperson.
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Wits University is currently facing a growing registration crisis, with thousands of students unable to complete registration due to financial barriers, accommodation shortages, and what student leaders describe as institutional rigidity.
According to SASCO GJHB, students are being told that unless they pay 50% of their fees upfront, they must return home, effectively excluding many from the academic year before it even begins. This comes at a time when student accommodation in Johannesburg has become increasingly expensive and inaccessible, especially for students from working-class and rural backgrounds.
Student leaders say the situation is being made worse by what they describe as a lack of urgency and leadership from the Student Representative Council (SRC), which they accuse of treating the situation as “business as usual” despite growing frustration among students.
With only about 50% of students currently registered and just one week left before the registration deadline, concerns are mounting that it will be practically impossible for the university to process the remaining 20,000 students in time.
SASCO GJHB says students are now being conscientised about their rights, and that a protest is brewing if urgent solutions are not found. They argue that this is not just an administrative problem, but a broader crisis of access to education that threatens to push thousands of students out of the system.
We now speak to Ntyatyambo Zwelimangele Volsaka, Deputy Chairperson of SASCO in Greater Johannesburg, to unpack what is happening, why students are angry, and what solutions they want.
According to SASCO GJHB, students are being told that unless they pay 50% of their fees upfront, they must return home, effectively excluding many from the academic year before it even begins. This comes at a time when student accommodation in Johannesburg has become increasingly expensive and inaccessible, especially for students from working-class and rural backgrounds.
Student leaders say the situation is being made worse by what they describe as a lack of urgency and leadership from the Student Representative Council (SRC), which they accuse of treating the situation as “business as usual” despite growing frustration among students.
With only about 50% of students currently registered and just one week left before the registration deadline, concerns are mounting that it will be practically impossible for the university to process the remaining 20,000 students in time.
SASCO GJHB says students are now being conscientised about their rights, and that a protest is brewing if urgent solutions are not found. They argue that this is not just an administrative problem, but a broader crisis of access to education that threatens to push thousands of students out of the system.
We now speak to Ntyatyambo Zwelimangele Volsaka, Deputy Chairperson of SASCO in Greater Johannesburg, to unpack what is happening, why students are angry, and what solutions they want.
