If we can’t agree, Wits will shut down – Habib
Johannesburg - If consensus is not reached during the general assembly at the University of Witwatersrand on Friday, the institution could be forced to shut down completely, says Vice Chancellor Adam Habib.
"It is not a threat, it is a simple statement of fact that if Wits university is not teaching and is not doing research, then there is no purpose that it be open," Habib told talk radio station 702 during an interview on Thursday morning.
His comments were in response to a question about what would happen if a consensus was not reached during the highly anticipated general assembly.
This was only the 11th general assembly ever held at the institution since 1959, and it would be chaired by retired deputy judge president Dikgang Moseneke, in his capacity as the university’s chancellor.
The only time general assemblies were called was when there were issues of national importance which Wits wanted to stamp its position on, with the hopes of helping to address and assist the country, Habib said.