SRC Candidates

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#1 BUKISA BONISWA

YOS 4 | URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING HONOURS

Academics: Exam and deferred timetables must be released simultaneously.

Health and Wellness: Students are to pay a once of flat rate to cover all campus health costs for the year.

Finance: Defunded students should be exempted from financial exclusion in the following academic year.

Student Economy: On-campus businesses should contribute a % of profit towards the hardship fund.

Governance: The EFF calls for a student parliament that replaces the incompetent student forum.

Transformation: The university is to have gender neutral bathrooms on campus hotspots.

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.

-Angela Davis

#2 THULANI BUTHELEZI

“We must dare to invent the future.”

-Thomas Sankara.

Let's create a world where equality and opportunity thrive, leaving no one behind. Together, we ignite hope and shape a brighter tomorrow. thulani_bar Thulani Buthelezi

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#3 KARABO DAMANE

We demand the eradication of mid-year exclusions.

We demand that all libraries and labs operate 24hrs during the week.

We call for the installation of biometric scanners at the entrance of all labs.

We demand for the immediate and consistent uploading of all previous formal assessments and memorandums.

We call for consistent compulsory supplementary exams for all students (We call for a uniform approach in the granting of supplementary exams for all students)

We demand that the university accepts sick notes from traditional healers registered under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007.

We call for the building of more lecture halls to increase enrolment capacity.

"This work is not for yourself, kill that spirit of self and do not live above people, but live with them and if you can rise bring some one with you."

-Charlotte Mannya-Maxeke

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#5 ANGANATHI JACK

RELATIONS & MEDIA STUDIES

We demand the eradication of mid-year exclusions.

We demand that all libraries and labs operate 24hrs during the week.

We call for the installation of biometric scanners at the entrance of all labs.

We demand for the immediate and consistent uploading of all previous formal assessments and memorandums.

We call for consistent compulsory supplementary exams for all students (We call for a uniform approach in the granting of supplementary exams for all students)

We demand that the university accepts sick notes from traditional healers registered under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007.

We call for the building of more lecture halls to increase enrolment capacity.

“There’s no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise.”

– W.E.B Dubois

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#6 DAN KABONGO

Funding and Fees: Leverage university prestige and networks to establish a robust Student Funding Development team for long-term funding dedicated to financially disadvantaged students.

Academic Exclusions: Students facing non-payment or late payments should be exempt from academic exclusions due to insufficient resources. The university should support them and seek reimbursement from funders.

Safety and Security: Collaborate with Braamfontein law enforcement for data-driven strategies and satellite points to enhance student safety.

Accommodation: Prioritize policy enforcement to address exorbitant accommodation fees and advocate for standardized rates.

Mental Health: Integrate stress management and mental health programs into orientation and welcome events for all years of study.

“If I am in this world something or someone will become better because I took up space”

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#7 TSEBO KAPAH

We demand the eradication of mid-year exclusions.

We demand that all libraries and labs operate 24hrs during the week.

We call for the installation of biometric scanners at the entrance of all labs.

We demand for the immediate and consistent uploading of all previous formal assessments and memorandums.

We call for consistent compulsory supplementary exams for all students (We call for a uniform approach in the granting of supplementary exams for all students)

We demand that the university accepts sick notes from traditional healers registered under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007.

We call for the building of more lecture halls to increase enrolment capacity.

“Truth is on the side of the oppressed.” – Malcom X

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#8 TSHEPISO KHESA

Accommodation: All Wits accredited residences are to incorporate the PIE act, to protect students from unfair evictions.

Academics: Exam and deferred timetables must be released simultaneously.

Health and Wellness: Students are to pay a once of flat rate to cover all campus health costs for the year.

Finance: Defunded students should be exempted from financial exclusion in the following academic year.

Student Economy: On-campus businesses should contribute a % of profit towards the hardship fund.

Governance: The EFF calls for a student parliament that replaces the incompetent student forum.

Transformation: The university is to have gender neutral bathrooms on campus hotspots

Accommodation is land, without land man is without dignity.

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#9 DINEO KOETEPE

Accommodation: All Wits accredited residences are to incorporate the Pie act, to protect students from unfair evictions.

Academics: Exam and deferred timetables must be released simultaneously.

Health and Wellness: Students are to pay a once of flat rate to cover all campus health costs for the year.

Finance: Defunded students should be exempted from financial exclusion in the following academic year.

Student Economy: On-campus businesses should contribute a % of profit towards the hardship fund.

Governance: The EFF calls for a student parliament that replaces the incompetent student forum.

Transformation: The university is to have gender neutral bathrooms on campus hotspots.

“The philosophers have hitherto interpreted the world in various ways, the point, however, is to change it”

-Karl Marx

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#10 SIYAMTHANDA MASHICILA

We demand the eradication of mid-year exclusions.

We demand that all libraries and labs operate 24hrs during the week.

We call for the installation of biometric scanners at the entrance of all labs.

We demand for the immediate and consistent uploading of all previous formal assessments and memorandums.

We call for consistent compulsory supplementary exams for all students (We call for a uniform approach in the granting of supplementary exams for all students)

We demand that the university accepts sick notes from traditional healers registered under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007.

We call for the building of more lecture halls to increase enrolment capacity.

“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.”

– Sheryl Sandberg

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#11 KARABO MATLOGA

YOS 3 | BA PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA STUDIES

We demand the eradication of mid-year exclusions.

We demand that all libraries and labs operate 24hrs during the week.

We call for the installation of biometric scanners at the entrance of all labs.

We demand for the immediate and consistent uploading of all previous formal assessments and memorandums.

We call for consistent compulsory supplementary exams for all students (We call for a uniform approach in the granting of supplementary exams for all students)

We demand that the university accepts sick notes from traditional healers registered under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007.

We call for the building of more lecture halls to increase enrolment capacity.

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way”

-John C. Maxwell

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#12 SAKHILE MBATHA

I aspire to lead the Wits Student Representative Council (SRC) by fostering unity, inclusivity, and transparent communication. I'll prioritize student well-being, promote innovation, and advocate for accessible education. Civic engagement and accountability are paramount. With your support, we can create a diverse, engaged, and thriving campus community.Vote for a leader committed to empowering unity and elevating voices, dedicated to turning our shared vision into reality. A brighter, more inclusive future at Wits University starts with your vote. _sakhilembatha

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

- Warren Bennis

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#13 MICHELLE MBHALATI

Accommodation: All Wits accredited residences are to incorporate the Pie act, to protect students from unfair evictions.

Academics: Exam and deferred timetables must be released simultaneously.

Health and Wellness: Students are to pay a once of flat rate to cover all campus health costs for the year.

Finance: Defunded students should be exempted from financial exclusion in the following academic year.

Student Economy: On-campus businesses should contribute a % of profit towards the hardship fund.

Governance: The EFF calls for a student parliament that replaces the incompetent student forum.

Transformation: The university is to have gender neutral bathrooms on campus hotspots. _Michelle.Mbhalati

The first duty of a revolutionary is to be educated - Che Guevera

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#14 SIMPHIWE MNTUNGWA

Accommodation: All Wits accredited residences are to incorporate the Pie act, to protect students from unfair evictions.

Academics: Exam and deferred timetables must be released simultaneously.

Health and Wellness: Students are to pay a once of flat rate to cover all campus health costs for the year.

Finance: Defunded students should be exempted from financial exclusion in the following academic year.

Student Economy: On-campus businesses should contribute a % of profit towards the hardship fund.

Governance: The EFF calls for a student parliament that replaces the incompetent student forum.

Transformation: The university is to have gender neutral bathrooms on campus hotspots.

Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had!

-Angela Bassett

#15 MOEKETSI MOFOKENG

We demand the eradication of mid-year exclusions.

We demand that all libraries and labs operate 24hrs during the week.

We call for the installation of biometric scanners at the entrance of all labs.

We demand for the immediate and consistent uploading of all previous formal assessments and memorandums.

We call for consistent compulsory supplementary exams for all students (We call for a uniform approach in the granting of supplementary exams for all students)

We demand that the university accepts sick notes from traditional healers registered under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007.

We call for the building of more lecture halls to increase enrolment capacity.

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#16 TSHEPANG MOKOENA

Accepting togetherness, empathy, and compassion are key to bettering our future. Let's put compassion over cruelty, understanding over judgment, and unity over division as our top priorities. My goal is to help individuals achieve their full potential and bring out the best in them. Empowering and equipping a future generation of leaders to guide mankind toward a state of abundant opportunity, prosperity, and peace is my life's work. Raising the needs and voices of students. As your SRC representative, I promise to fight tenaciously for the interests of our group, to communicate openly, and to make sure you are informed and heard.

"Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work."

- Seth Godin

#17 ATLEHANG MOTSHABI

Accommodation

The university must ensure all wits accredited residences hold the same standard as internal residences. All residences are to be in line with NSFAS rates to ensure that students do not acquire debt. All residences, both internal and external are to be maintained and renovated at all times to match the service students are paying for.

Academics

The University must do away with all mid-year exclusion.

Health and wellness

Students are to pay a once off flat rate at the beginning of the year to cover all medical costs with campus health.

Finance

All NSFAS beneficiaries, weather internal or external are to receive their allowances on the same day.

‘If the ANC government does to you what the apartheid government did to you, you must do to the ANC government what you did to the apartheid government’

- Nelson Mandela

#18 NIKILITHA MXINWA

Our key priorities are:

1) Accessible, quality education for all students by lowering fees, improving teaching, and better campus facilities.

2) Prioritising student wellbeing by ensuring affordable, safe housing, healthcare access, and addressing food insecurity.

3) An impactful university experience with career-focused education, support for innovation and entrepreneurship.

We will implement through grassroots organizing, lobbying university management, utilizing social media, collaborating with other student groups, and partnering with the private sector. With competent leadership and unified student power, we can transform Wits into an institution that empowers all students to achieve their full potential. Vote Nikilitha Mxinwa for SRC!

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#19 MILANI NDIDI

Accommodation: All Wits accredited residences are to incorporate the Pie act, to protect students from unfair evictions.

Academics: Exam and deferred timetables must be released simultaneously.

Health and Wellness: Students are to pay a once of flat rate to cover all campus health costs for the year.

Finance: Defunded students should be exempted from financial exclusion in the following academic year.

Student Economy: On-campus businesses should contribute a % of profit towards the hardship fund.

Governance: The EFF calls for a student parliament that replaces the incompetent student forum.

Transformation: The university is to have gender neutral bathrooms on campus hotspots.

Change will not come if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

– Barack Obama

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#20 NOKWANDA NDLOVU

As a SYM nominee running for SRC, I advocate for the cancellation of student debt through a bailout by the State. More funding allocation to eradicate hunger on Wits campuses and free menstrual products for Wits students and staff. Adding workshops on GBV in O–week program is vital. Organization of student-workers for example tutors to confront the exploitation of postgraduate students.

Acknowledging academic exclusions as institutional violence is worth abolishment in favour of an academic solidarity culture. Student representation through a conversion of the Student Forum into a full Student Parliament. If elected, I will ensure that systemic injustices are addressed.

Leadership is an action, not a position.

- Donald McGannon

We demand the eradication of mid-year exclusions.

We demand that all libraries and labs operate 24hrs during the week.

We call for the installation of biometric scanners at the entrance of all labs.

We demand for the immediate and consistent uploading of all previous formal assessments and memorandums.

We call for consistent compulsory supplementary exams for all students (We call for a uniform approach in the granting of supplementary exams for all students)

We demand that the university accepts sick notes from traditional healers registered under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007.

We call for the building of more lecture halls to increase enrolment capacity.

I can hear the roar of women’s silence

-Thomas Sankara

#22 MAHLOROMELA SEABI

We demand the eradication of mid-year exclusions.

We demand that all libraries and labs operate 24hrs during the week.

We call for the installation of biometric scanners at the entrance of all labs.

We demand for the immediate and consistent uploading of all previous formal assessments and memorandums.

We call for consistent compulsory supplementary exams for all students (We call for a uniform approach in the granting of supplementary exams for all students)

We demand that the university accepts sick notes from traditional healers registered under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007.

We call for the building of more lecture halls to increase enrolment capacity.

“There is only one race, The human race” – Robert Sobukwe

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#23 VUYO SELOANE

I am running as an Independent Candidate, as I believe that the representatives should not be partial to, or aligned with, any political interests except those of the students — their constituents. Moreover, I believe in the Delegate Model of Representation over Mandate & Trustee Leadership. As a result, I will lob an aggressive effort to DEMYSTIFY the office of SRC by installing greater TRANSPARENCY and ACCESSIBILITY to the statutory body by holding frequent “Lekgotlas” (Panel Discussions and Q & A sessions), wherein, as opposed to the SRC dictating orders to the students, we get our cue from the students as to what issues are relevant. Let's MAKE ACADEMIA GREAT AGAIN!

“It doesn't matter who you are, where you came from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.”

vuyoseloane VT SELOANE

#24 THANDO SETSHWARO

We demand the eradication of mid-year exclusions.

We demand that all libraries and labs operate 24hrs during the week.

We call for the installation of biometric scanners at the entrance of all labs.

We demand for the immediate and consistent uploading of all previous formal assessments and memorandums.

We call for consistent compulsory supplementary exams for all students (We call for a uniform approach in the granting of supplementary exams for all students)

We demand that the university accepts sick notes from traditional healers registered under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007.

We call for the building of more lecture halls to increase enrolment capacity.

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#25 NHLANHLA TIYELA

We demand the eradication of mid-year exclusions.

We demand that all libraries and labs operate 24hrs during the week.

We call for the installation of biometric scanners at the entrance of all labs.

We demand for the immediate and consistent uploading of all previous formal assessments and memorandums.

We call for consistent compulsory supplementary exams for all students (We call for a uniform approach in the granting of supplementary exams for all students)

We demand that the university accepts sick notes from traditional healers registered under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007.

We call for the building of more lecture halls to increase enrolment capacity.

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”

– Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#27 NOLWAZI VILAKAZI

We demand the eradication of mid-year exclusions.

We demand that all libraries and labs operate 24hrs during the week.

We call for the installation of biometric scanners at the entrance of all labs.

We demand for the immediate and consistent uploading of all previous formal assessments and memorandums.

We call for consistent compulsory supplementary exams for all students (We call for a uniform approach in the granting of supplementary exams for all students)

We demand that the university accepts sick notes from traditional healers registered under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007.

We call for the building of more lecture halls to increase enrolment capacity.

"Together, hand in hand, with our matches and our necklaces, we shall liberate this country."

-Winnie Madikizela Mandela

YOS 3 | BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN SENIOR PHASE AND FET

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#28 TRISTAN WILKINSON

My goal is to address systematic injustices in the University ecosystem - this includes ensuring free menstrual products be made available for all students & staff members, addressing historical debt in students, increasing student respreststion - both in Student Forum, through a conversion to a full Student Parliament, & through representation in the Senate, and combating academic exclusion as a form of institutionalized violence.

"We must dare to invent the future."

- Thomas Sankara

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#29 NOKUPHIWA XABA

YOS 3 | BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

We demand the eradication of mid-year exclusions.

We demand that all libraries and labs operate 24hrs during the week.

We call for the installation of biometric scanners at the entrance of all labs.

We demand for the immediate and consistent uploading of all previous formal assessments and memorandums.

We call for consistent compulsory supplementary exams for all students (We call for a uniform approach in the granting of supplementary exams for all students)

We demand that the university accepts sick notes from traditional healers registered under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007.

We call for the building of more lecture halls to increase enrolment capacity.

“There can never be a greater gift that one can give than one’s time and energy without expecting anything in return.”

-Nelson Mandela

SRC GENERAL ELECTIONS 2023/24

#30 JUSTIN YAWE

We demand the eradication of mid-year exclusions.

We demand that all libraries and labs operate 24hrs during the week.

We call for the installation of biometric scanners at the entrance of all labs.

We demand for the immediate and consistent uploading of all previous formal assessments and memorandums.

We call for consistent compulsory supplementary exams for all students (We call for a uniform approach in the granting of supplementary exams for all students)

We demand that the university accepts sick notes from traditional healers registered under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007.

We call for the building of more lecture halls to increase enrolment capacity.

“and for all the tables that refuse to seat us we'll build new tables and pull up a seat for everyone who arrives after us” - rupi kaur

YOS 3 | BA LAW