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...
“The Fall” is a fantasy novel set in the middle of...
Jen Thorpe’s novel The Fall marries fantasy with reality in a fast-paced mashup. We chatted to Thorpe about her inspiration for the book.
Basis of...
NSFAS says the N+2 rule is meant to speed students through...
Students have launched a legal challenge against the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) - in particular the N+2 rule. They say the rule...
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...
FMF 2021: Historic debt, the missing middle and free education explained
The Daily Vox has put together 10 questions we want to answer to better understand Fees Must Fall 2021 – not just as the...
The Real Price Of A Degree: “We Will Never Be The...
BOOK REVIEW
Thuthukani Nkosi, a master’s degree student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal has finally published his book The Real Price of a Degree, which...
Nsfas Finally Scraps Unpopular SBux System
The Student Representative Council (SRC) at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) says it is relieved that a series of protests over the sBux...
Student protests 2021: What is happening at UFS?
Students at the University of Free State (UFS) have been protesting since the first week of March against a number of issues related to...
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...
Mandla Shikwambana: Department of Higher Education Is The Problem
The Daily Vox speaks to Mandla Shikhwambana, the new president of the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC), on his campus activism plans.
Shikwambana was...
Privilege, #FeesMustFall, And The Dangers Of A Single Narrative
The Daily Vox has a long-standing commitment to the story of Fees Must Fall (FMF) and its part in the unfolding of the larger...
Load shedding and food insecurity: The plight of students’ food insecurity...
According to Universities South Africa (USAF), one in three students do not make it to graduation. This is due to an array of realities...
Financial Exclusion Protests Continue At UKZN And DUT
Students in Durban institutions of higher learning are becoming more irate and vow to bring campuses to standstill if their concerns are not resolved...
NSFAS extends deadline for 2022 applications
On Thursday evening, January 6, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) announced they would be extending the deadline for applications. Applications for the...
UCT rejects Athol Williams’ allegations of silencing over state capture
Athol Williams, lecturer and poet, has alleged that the University of Cape Town have been trying to silence him, a charge the university denies.
https://twitter.com/Athol_Williams/status/1399650109076520960?s=20
Williams...
Reasons why school leavers should consider going to TVET colleges
Recognizing the shortfall of specialized skills in South Africa, the government had created “Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)” Colleges. These institutions aimed...
The return of Rhodes University’s Minimal Initial Payment sparks outrage
Rhodes University students were unhappy after the university announced the return of the Minimum Initial Payment (MIP) or Initial Fee Payment (IFP) for 2018....
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...
Student protests: different year, different students – same old issues that...
There is no easy answer to the question. Books can be filled, hours can be spent debating it - and there still might be...
POEM: Let Us Not Forget
When we confront the creeping, crippling feeling- our momentum we may be losing,despite our trauma and our bruising.When it lingersand turns our fists into...
