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MUT: Students Blame SRCs For Campus Violence

Lizeka Maduna Feb 5, 2019 0

Students at Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) in Durban have blamed student leaders for ignoring their concerns - as three higher education institutions in KwaZulu Natal announced on Tuesday that academic activities would be…

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Here’s what students need to know about the law when protesting

Mohammed Jameel Abdulla Feb 3, 2017 2

Last year, the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) commissioned the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) for aÂ legal opinion on the restraint of protest in or near university spaces. The request came in…

It’s back to school for some Witsies, but they’re not all happy to be there

Nyiko Lebogang Shikwambane Oct 17, 2016 1

On 10 October, Wits University resumed the academic programme in order to complete the academic year. Students and staff members were instructed to be on campus while violent clashes between protesting students and the police continued…

Wits humanities academics say reopening could endanger lives

The Daily Vox Team Oct 3, 2016 0

The Heads of Schools at the University of the Witwatersrand's Faculty of Humanities - the School of Education, School of Social Sciences, School of Human and Social Development, School of Language, Literature and Media and School of Arts -…