Fees Must Fall Activist Tells Court Of His Anxiety Due To...
Durban University of Technology (DUT) Fees Must Fall (FMF) activist Bonginkosi Khanyile says the trial has caused him anxiety and is affecting his studies....
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...
Nsfas, Accommodation Protests Spread To UJ
Students at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have joined the spurt of student protests that have flared up this week. Students, supported by their...
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...
Students Are Not “Committing Suicide”, Universities Are Killing Us
COMMENT
I first went into a psychiatric ward when I was eighteen. I struggled with serious depression and had attempted suicide. At that age I...
What you need to know about NSFAS 2023
For the 2023 academic year, there are several changes coming for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). The aid scheme has some proposed...
DUT: EFFSC-Led SRC Shows Unity As Protests Continue
NEWS ANALYSIS
The Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC) is holding firm at the Durban University of Technology (DUT), in spite of several high-profile incidents...
Tuks Workers Are Finally Insourced
It has been two years since the rise of "Outsourcing Must Fall" movement, and finally, workers at the University of Pretoria (Tuks) are rejoicing...
Students Speak About Their Online Learning Experiences
Most universities in South Africa have taken their academic programme online. Even with support from these institutions to students, it hasn’t been an easy...
Blade Nzimande finally announces 2022 NSFAS applications dates
Higher education minister, Dr Blade Nzimande announced the opening of the 2022 National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) applications. During an October 28 briefing,...
Students are walking from KZN to Gauteng for higher education
In 2019, Walk4Access, a group of people from the University of Pretoria (UP) walked from Cape Town to Pretoria. Their aim was to raise...
What Is The Wits SRC Humanitarian Fund That AKA Donated R100k...
Earlier in February, the rapper AKA donated R100,000 to the Wits University Humanitarian Fund. With the national student funding crisis which led to a...
Fees Must Fall 2021: here are 10 key questions
A shutdown is underway at various universities across South Africa as students ramp up protests that began at several campuses last week. Most of...
A POC Supper At UCT’s Decolonial School Is Causing White Tears
An objection to a People Of Colour (POC)-only space at the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Winter Decolonial School is shifting the attention from...
Extract: Adam Habib On How #FMF Peace Talks Broke Down
October 2016 was a tense moment for Fees Must Fall. Students were protesting, police were making arrests, and universities were burning. Various peace talks...
#FreshersAdvice: Your complete guide to South African Universities, Part I
Everything about starting university is daunting: the size of the campuses, the people, the work and the fees. Luckily, seniors have your back and...
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...
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...
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...
#YouthDayParade: “going beyond social media streets”
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF) Youth Activism Programme (YAP) is hoping to gather thousands of young people in Pretoria. This is to "reclaim the...
