Extra security measures will be in place on Wednesday to ensure the safety of staff and students at Wits University in Johannesburg after several fires reportedly started on the campus.

With the academic program resuming after two weeks of protests over fees, a faction of students has been blamed for the fires on the Braamfontein Campus.

Security personnel managed to extinguish the flames before the fires could cause too much damage. Wits spokesperson Shirona Patel says nobody was injured.

Patel confirms that a number of fires were started deliberately on the university's Braamfontein campus. "It started just before midnight," she says.

"Now there were four incidents that we know of on the Braamfontein Main Campus. The first was the burning of two vehicles which belong to our contractors, we managed to contain those fires. There was a tyre burning outside a bookshop that's just outside the Matrix student centre. They shattered the glass of the store and some of the books were set alight, but we managed to save most of the shop. At the law library, we had a tyre burning outside there as well," says Patel.

Reports on the fires come on the back of expectations for academic activities to resume at the institution. Earlier, it was reported that the situation is calm at the institution after a series of student protests over the past two weeks.

Some students say they are relieved that academic activities will resume while others say the "FeesMustFall" campaign must continue.

On Monday, management released a plan that includes the drawing up of a workers' charter and not instituting disciplinary action against students who were involved in protests. A revised exam schedule is expected by the end of the week.