UCT shutdown will last until university agrees to #Shackville TRC - Vows student leader
Cape Town - Until the university pronounces and institutes a Shackville truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) within this year, academic operations at UCT will not resume, a student activist vowed on Friday.
Sinoxolo Mbayi was among those who led a group of determined students through the campus in pouring rain in a bid to shut down operations.
By 12:00, lectures were temporarily suspended until Monday, the university said.
Mbayi said that until their demands are met, the action will continue.
"Our main demand is that the university drop all charges and then embark on this [TRC] process. And we cannot have it off campus - it must happen here," he insisted.