Nearly 1 400 students at UCT remain unable to register due to outstanding debt, despite the university confirming that 2 883 students have already benefitted from fee debt relief measures following recent protest action.
The figure was disclosed by UCT vice-chancellor Professor Mosa Moshabela in a letter to students and staff published on the university’s website.
The developments follow protest action that disrupted access to the Rondebosch campus, including the busy M3 entrance, as students demonstrated against financial exclusion linked to historic debt.
While the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) said an agreement had been reached with management to allow certain categories of students to register, the university framed…