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...
Blade Nzimande At Higher Education: It’s Back To “Square One” For...
NEWS ANALYSIS
During the period when Fees Must Fall gripped the South African campuses, then-higher education minister Blade Nzimande and the students were at...
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...
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...
Students launch legal challenge to NSFAS time limit rule
Students are calling on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the department of higher education (DHET) to suspend a decision to decline...
NSFAS: ‘We’re Ready For 2020’
On Wednesday, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) briefed parliament on the scheme’s readiness for the 2020 academic year. NSFAS Administrator Dr. Randall...
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...
MUT Students Force Campus Shutdown
"I come from a family of 16 members and we all depend on my grandmother's pension. I'm frustrated because the same allowance I'm waiting...
Everything You Need To Know About NSFAS 2020
The 2020 National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) cycle opened on September 1, 2019. This means students have three months to apply for funding...
Smuts Hall at the University of Cape Town rebrands six years...
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has approved the renaming of the Jan Smuts residence hall with immediate effect.
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The Real Price Of A Degree: The Untold Story Of Financially...
AS TOLD TO
Author and masters candidate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Thuthukani Nkosi will be publishing his book The Real Price of a Degree,...
Blade Nzimande: Funding to be re-prioritised for higher education
Cabinet has agreed that funding should be re-prioritised for the Department of Higher Education and Training to ensure that all National Student Financial Aid...
Rebels & Rage: How Adam Habib Saw #FeesMustFall
The Fees Must Fall (FMF) protests that seized South Africa from 2015-2016 were a right mess. On the one hand, students were protesting for...
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...
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...
SONA Debate: Did The #FeesMustFall MPs Give Me Something To Look...
COMMENT
A wave of novelty visited my senses as I watched the State of the Nation Address (SONA) debate on Tuesday afternoon. Nompendulo Mkhatshwa (former...
#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...
SA Union Of Students Calls For Shutdown Of All Universities
The South African Union of Students (SAUS) has called for a national shutdown of the higher education sector. The shutdown is to "agitate the...
Things that need to be fixed at NSFAs
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAs) is the aid scheme which provides financial aid to undergraduate students for their tertiary education. It is...
The List: Opening dates for SA universities in 2022
On January 21, matric results will be released. Pupils across the country will find out what marks they have earned. Following that universities will...
