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Protests claim first life at Wits

JUNE 16, 2015. The writer says it would seem that some among the young black activists of today need to be rescued from the fog of their exuberant radicalism. Respect for the elderly and erudite seems foreign to black students. PHOTO: ALON SKUY © The Times
JUNE 16, 2015. The writer says it would seem that some among the young black activists of today need to be rescued from the fog of their exuberant radicalism. Respect for the elderly and erudite seems foreign to black students. PHOTO: ALON SKUY © The Times

The University of the Witwatersrand on Monday confirmed that one of its employees died as a result of protest action at the institution last week.

Wits management took to Twitter to express its sympathies to the family‚ friends and colleagues of the worker.

“The University has received a report that an employee of one of our service providers who worked in a residence passed away last week.

“Last Tuesday‚ students released a fire extinguisher in the Jubilee Hall of Residence‚ which affected a cleaner in the building‚” a statement from the university said.

“The worker was rushed to the Campus Health and Wellness Centre and then taken to hospital where the worker was treated for a few days.

“The worker was discharged from hospital and then passed away‚” the statement added.

 

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