Disappointed but not surprised: the shortcomings of the Fees Commission report
The Fees Must Fall movement emerged in 2015 through university students who felt that higher education was an inalienable right no one should pay...
Student leaders have little faith in Ramaphosa rolling out free education
Some student leaders say the new African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa will not make a difference to the Fees Must Fall movement,...
Everything you need to know about NSFAS (2018)
The second week of January has seen many students across the country entering universities and registering for the first time. The National Student Financial...
We did not ask for loans, that is not free education...
Student Representative Councils (SRCs) from some universities across the country are rejecting the recommendations made by the Fees Commission report on the funding of...
Free Education at last? President Zuma announces sweeping changes to higher...
A month after the Heher Commission on Free Higher Education released its long awaited report, President Jacob Zuma announced sweeping changes to the higher...
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...
FMF Activist Calls For Fees Must Fall TRC, All Protest-Related Charges...
During the 2015 and 2016 Fees Must Fall (FMF) protests, many student activists were charged with public violence and destruction of property. Even after...
Watch Now: COVID-19 Campus Shutdowns
In marking Youth Day, and six years since the launch of The Daily Vox, The Daily Vox hosted a discussion on one of the...
Here’s how the Fees Commission wants to use BBBEE to fund...
The recently proposed Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP) by the higher education ministerial task team aims at using the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment...
The Fees Commission Report brings us no closer to justice for...
Almost four months after the Heher Commission completed its work and gave President Zuma its report, the fundamental issues raised by the #FeesMustFall movement...
NSFAS Is On Its Knees
The chairperson of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) Sizwe Nxasana announced on 9 August that he was resigning from the funding body....
The Fees Commission’s income contingent loans explained
University students have been protesting for free, decommodified and decolonised education since 2015. In January 2016, President Jacob Zuma in January 2016 commissioned an...
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...
Zuma’s free education plan is a ferocious hospital pass to his...
Finance minister Malusi Gigaba was the very picture of discomfort on Saturday. He was at the 54th national conference of the African National Congress,...
Everything you need to know about higher education’s CACH system
The Central Applications Clearing House (CACH) system has been pushed by universities and the department of higher education and training (DHET) as the route...
Recap 2022: #FeesMustFall 7th anniversary reflections
This year marked seven years since the Fees Must Fall protests and movement started. To mark the anniversary, The Daily Vox curated a selection...
