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...
The ANC Government Needs To Audit These Colonial White Schools
This useless government needs to intervene in these White private and public schools with urgency. Black children are dying physically, spiritually and psychologically.
Most times...
All you need to know about NSFAS for 2017
Earlier in January, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) opened a second direct application process to students. This call for applications considers numerous...
Cape Town principal faces disciplinary action over Covid-19 school closure
During the first peak of COVID-19 infections in 2020, Heathfield High principal Wesley Neumanm refused to open his school. He now faces a disciplinary...
Careful where you try to walk in, some universities have no...
South African universities have revised their earlier position to make provision for walk-in and late applications for prospective students. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean...
Inequality of South African proportions
South Africa has been described as the most unequal society in the world. The racial and economic legacy of Apartheid has evolved into an...
Students Are Struggling To Get Teacher Bursaries
Several social media reports began to emerge early in April of students saying that they had not yet received their Funza Lushaka bursary. They...
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...
Your Hajj And Eid-Ul-Adha Questions Answered
From August 9 till August 13, thousands of Muslims will be gathered in Saudi Arabia for the holy pilgrimage of Hajj. This marks one...
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...
Important Resources For The Lockdown
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on March 24 that South Africa would be going into a 21-day lockdown. These measures are being put in place...
Journalist Abra Barbier on journalism in South Africa in 2020
The experienced journalist opened up in her private capacity on the turmoil in the industry.
What is your background?
I started out as an intern in...
The building occupation at UWC is about more than just housing...
A group of 40 students has been occupying ResLife, a partially damaged administration building at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) since Sunday....
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...
Pressure to transform grows at St. John’s College
Management at prestigious Johannesburg private school St John’s College (SJC) is still in hot water, despite the dismissal of a teacher found guilty of...
Accreditation Bungle Leaves Durban TVET Students Out In The Cold
Students at Thekwini City College are reeling with anger following after discovering that the Tvet college's accreditation for the N1 to N3 engineering programme...
UKZN: No Money To Fund All Students
In spite of an agreement between the management of the University of KwaZulu-Natal and students meant to halt a new spate of protests at...
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....
“A School Where I Belong”: Creating Transformed And Inclusive Schools
A School Where I Belong, written by Roy Hellenberg, Dylan Wray and Professor Jonathan Jansen, was launched at the Cape Town Central Library last...
#StopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh is just one example of the frustration of black learners...
Where the blue of heaven is deepest. Every person who attended Pretoria High School for Girls knows the opening to the school song. But...
