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...
Petition: In Solidarity with Students #Asinamali #EndAusterity #FreeEducation
In solidarity with students across the country, we, the undersigned, condemn the brutal murder of a 36-year old bystander who was shot and killed...
Khampepe report finds black students and staff still feel “excluded” at...
On November 10, the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Racism at Stellenbosch University Report (Khampepe report) was publicly released. The 184 page report...
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...
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...
A new wave of activism is rising – a political awakening...
A moment of hope was born some seven years ago as students across South Africa joined together in their call for a free decolonised...
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...
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...
MUT: Students Blame SRCs For Campus Violence
Students at Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) in Durban have blamed student leaders for ignoring their concerns - as three higher education institutions in...
Personal notes on #FeesMustFall: How things could have been different.
I remember it as if it was yesterday, the excitement to go to the university of Pretoria. For many reasons than one, this was...
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...
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...
Beyond FMF: The first in their families to go to university
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...
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...
No Late Applications To Be Accepted
With the release of matric results, new students will be getting ready to secure their place at the various institutions of higher learning. Many...
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...
Harassment, Scuffles Break Out At Wits Hunger Strike
The situation at Wits University is tense on Tuesday morning. There have been clashes between students and private security in Solomon House where students...
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...
Lack-cess to education – the cycle of abuse against South African...
Seven postgraduate students from Wits University’s Critical Diversity Studies department write about the perennial funding crisis in higher education in South Africa. They argue...
In their own words: NSFAS N+2 students speak out
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) N+2 rule states that students need to finish their degree in a certain number of years or...
