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    Fees Must Fall

    Heard at Zondo: Fees Must Fall was “infiltrated” by the State...

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    During the January 25 sitting of the State Capture Commission, Sydney Mufamadi, the chairperson of the high-level panel into the State Security Agency (SSA)...

    TL;DR: A roundup of SRC elections from across the country

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    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...

    “The Fall” is a fantasy novel set in the middle of...

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    Jen Thorpe’s novel The Fall marries fantasy with reality in a fast-paced mashup. We chatted to Thorpe about her inspiration for the book.  Basis of...

    Online Discussion: How Students Are Struggling With Online Learning

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    Join The Daily Vox and Youth Capital on August 5 2020 for an online discussion on how students are dealing with online learning. Youth...

    Magistrate Denies Kanya Cekeshe Bail, Leave To Appeal Conviction

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    “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...

    Justice Department Says “No” On Pardons For Fees Must Fall Activists

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    Justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola addressed the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) in parliament. He said he had been informed about the...

    The Real Price Of A Degree: The Untold Story Of Financially...

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    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: What His Return Means For Higher Education

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    The last time he was the higher education (DHET) minister he said “students must fall” and dismissed the student movement. Now Dr. Blade Nzimande...

    Blade Nzimande At Higher Education: It’s Back To “Square One” For...

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    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...

    How Fees Must Fall Activists Plan On Voting

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    Fees Must Fall activists and leaders from KwaZulu-Natal told the Daily Vox how they plan on voting; and why it's important to participate in...

    Will Student Leaders Make An Impact In Parliament?

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    Former student leaders of the Fees Must Fall (FMF) movement are well on their way to Parliament. Wits University FMF leaders Nompendulo Mkwatsha and...

    #FeesMustFall Enters Parliament

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    The top three political parties competing in the 2019 national elections have all released parliamentary lists, and all three have made important nods to...

    Students Are Walking From Cape Town To Pretoria For Access To...

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    A group of 13 people, including a pastor, a lawyer, and members of the University of Pretoria (UP) student representative council and other students,...

    FMF 3.0: How Free Education Promises Fuelled The 2019 Protests

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    NEWS ANALYSIS It's only March 2019 but there have already been no fewer than 10 students protests at campuses around South Africa just this year....

    Students Are Walking From Cape Town To Pretoria For Access To...

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    A group of 13 people, including a pastor, a lawyer, and members of the University of Pretoria (UP) student representative council and other students...

    Students Are Not “Committing Suicide”, Universities Are Killing Us

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    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...

    UKZN: No Money To Fund All Students

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    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...

    Rebels & Rage: How Adam Habib Saw #FeesMustFall

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    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...

    Extract: Adam Habib On How #FMF Peace Talks Broke Down

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    October 2016 was a tense moment for Fees Must Fall. Students were protesting, police were making arrests, and universities were burning. Various peace talks...

    How Serious Is The Government’s Plan For Free Education?

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    When former president Jacob Zuma announced the government's plan for free higher education in 2017, the hope and relief were palpable. It all came...