First-year students in limbo as NSFAS faces funding shortfall
First-year students in need of National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) will have to wait to find out if they will receive funding.
Blade Nzimande...
NSFAS: Funding is not being phased out for teaching and nursing...
There has been much alarm around the news that the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) might be defunding teaching and nursing degrees. But...
#LGBQTILife: Navigating life in student leadership and the church as a...
We spoke to Lance-Selae August, a 27 year old student leader at UCT. They are an Honours student in Theatre and Performance, and identify...
TL;DR: A roundup of SRC elections from across the country
Even with the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, politics must go on. Around the country, universities adapted the elections for the 2020/2021 student representative council...
PYA sweeps Wits SRC elections, amid controversy over its list of...
The Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) have retained the Wits University student representative council (SRC) majority. On October 7, Jerome September, dean of student affairs...
SRC elections in the time of COVID-19
Many students at South African universities and colleges were forced to adjust to online learning due to COVID-19 conditions. Now another university process has...
New Survey Shows South African Students Are Not Coping With E-learning
Youth Capital, a youth-led campaign with an Action Plan that combines data with young people’s lived stories to shift gears on youth unemployment have...
Here’s What You Need To Know About NSFAS 2021
The 2021 National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) cycle opened on August 3, 2020. Students have until November 30, 2020 to apply. The Daily...
Online Discussion: How Students Are Struggling With Online Learning
Join The Daily Vox and Youth Capital on August 5 2020 for an online discussion on how students are dealing with online learning. Youth...
#SaveUFHAcademicYear, Say UFH Students
Promises have been made to students that no one will be left behind as the government tries to “save the academic year”. Yet students...
5 Things To Know About The New Wits VC
Wits University has a new vice-chancellor. On June 25, the university announced professor Zeblon Vilakazi will take over the position from Adam Habib from...
Wits Students Are Learning Online – At What Cost
As the debate around the effects of online learning continues, Wits University vice-chancellor Adam Habib shared his thoughts on the issue via social media....
Protests At Fort Hare, TUT And Wits
Protests continue at campuses around South Africa. At Wits University students raised the issue of Wits students having no accommodation as the academic year...
Financial Exclusion And Accommodation Dominate Protests At UKZN
Students at the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) have been protesting over issues related to financial exclusions and accommodation. Several buildings including an HIV...
A Response To Comrade Siya Nyulu’s On The EFF Student Command
COMMENT
The proposal to dissolve the EFF student command is plausible and worth debating.
In an earlier discussion, the six signs of a politically decaying EFFSC...
The EFFSC Is Going Nowhere
COMMENT
I am not going to argue the case for the Economic Freedom Fighters Students Command (EFFSC) WRITES SIYA NYULU. I have already done...
Public Statement Concerning #FeesMustFall Student Activist, Kanya Cekeshe
Public statement by former student leaders and members of the clergy and civil society concerning #FeesMustFall student activist, Kanya Cekeshe
We reproduce their...
Kanya Cekeshe’s Bid For Freedom Will Be Taken To The High...
The fight for Kanya Cekeshe's release is not over. On October 14, the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court denied bail and leave to appeal his conviction....
Magistrate Denies Kanya Cekeshe Bail, Leave To Appeal Conviction
“Why is the state hell-bent on keeping Cekeshe in jail,” asked Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi. It was a packed court at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court...
NSFAS Backs Cash For Books, In Spite Of Concerns
In January 2019, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) introduced a cash system for allowances. Along with the payment of tuition, Nsfas-funded students...
