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...
NSFAS: A necessary struggle for many students
In many South African universities, tuition fees are high and continue to skyrocket on a yearly basis. The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS)...
How the pandemic is hurting university students’ mental health
Emmanuel Ojo, University of the Witwatersrand; Annie Burger, Stellenbosch University; Anthony J Onwuegbuzie, University of Cambridge; Bryan Jason Bergsteedt, Stellenbosch University; Samantha Adams, Stellenbosch...
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...
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...
UCT Vice Chancellor: #FeesMustFall Not To Blame For Prof Mayosi’s Death
Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, the vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Tuesday clarified her position on the death of the health...
Returning to campus after Covid lockdown: what to expect?
Chances are if you are a second or third university student, you haven't properly experienced university life. You probably started studying online in 2020/2021...
PYA Reclaim Wits And EFF Tentatively Take UJ in 2018-2019 Student...
Student politics is especially thrilling this year, in anticipation of the 2019 national elections. University of Witwatersrand (Wits) and University of Johannesburg (UJ) students...
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....
Why I Made Everything Must Fall – Rehad Desai
Rehad Desai is well known for his socio-political documentaries. The director presented us with Miners Shot Down which tracked what transpired between miners and...
The Real Price Of A Degree: The Untold Story Of Financially...
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Author and masters candidate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Thuthukani Nkosi will be publishing his book The Real Price of a Degree,...
KZN: EFF, Sasco Battles Distract As Students Protest
As student protests continue in KwaZulu Natal, in the background a game is playing out between competing student leadership organisations. The South African Students...
Special editorial: The Wits protest is not just about university fees
The ongoing protest against fee increases at the University of Witwatersrand is not about the whim and fancy of students who feel entitled to...
FMF Leaders Question The Ethics Of Fasiha Hassan Accepting International Peace...
Former student leader and current member of African National Congress (ANC) communication team Fasiha Hassan has been awarded the Student Peace Prize (SPP) for...
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...
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.
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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...
SA Students: “Grant FMF Activists Blanket Amnesty”
It's been almost a year since then-president Jacob Zuma announced free tertiary education, legitimising the call of South African students. However, a number of...
#FeesMustFall Enters Parliament
The top three political parties competing in the 2019 national elections have all released parliamentary lists, and all three have made important nods to...
Beyond FMF: #PostGradStruggles
South Africa’s higher education sector has been rocked over the last two years as the Fees Must Fall protests at universities, colleges and technikons...
