Mthokozisi Ntumba who was killed by police at Wits protest was...
Mthokozisi Ntumba was killed by police during a protest outside Wits University this week. Following his death, the police minister Bheki Cele and other...
The List: What’s happening at other SA universities
This is how students and institutions are dealing with the issues related to funding and registration.
Protests at the University of Witwatersrand reached a tipping...
NEWSFLASH: One person killed as police use force to disperse Wits...
One person was shot and killed amidst ongoing student protest action outside the Braamfontein campus of the University of Witwatersrand.
While details remain sketchy, one...
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...
In their own words: UFS nursing students taking part in the...
In February 2021, the COVID-19 vaccination programme started in South Africa - providing a small glimpse of hope. At hospitals around the country, healthcare...
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...
The list: Opening dates for South African universities in 2021
As the second wave of COVID-19 infections sweeps across South Africa, plans to reopen tertiary education institutions may be affected. Here’s what you need...
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...
No data or support: the reality of learning through lockdown in...
The digital divide impacts on students’ academic success and wellbeing, but there are ways to save the academic year and support students’ mental health,...
Students struggling with online learning will be invited back to campus
Approximately 66% of students are set to return to campus under level two of South Africa’s lockdown restrictions. Minister of higher education Blade Nzimande...
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...
#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...
Watch Now: COVID-19 Campus Shutdowns
In marking Youth Day, and six years since the launch of The Daily Vox, The Daily Vox hosted a discussion on one of the...
COVDI19 Campus Shutdowns Webinar
In marking Youth Day, and six years since the launch of The Daily Vox, join us for this discussion on one of the emerging...
Lecturer On Struggles Of Online Learning And Teaching
The online learning programmes set up by universities to deal with the COVID-19 lockdown has left many students overwhelmed. But students aren’t the only...
Black Academic Caucus Disgust At Sciences Paper
Racism in the academic space has reared its head once again. On May 27, University of Cape Town professor, Nicoli Nattrass published an article...
