As universities attempt to reopen, police clash with #FeesMustFall protesters nationwide
On Monday, universities that had previously been closed were expected to resume academic activity. However, Monday saw all sorts of mayhem. From rock throwing,...
#FeesMustFall: UCT slaps protestors with court interdict
The University of Cape Town was on Monday afternoon granted a court interdict preventing student protestors from "disrupting or otherwise interfering in any way...
We Won An International Award For Our Work During #FeesMustFall
The Daily Vox, at two years old, has been awarded a silver prize in WAN-IFRA's World Young Reader Prize in the public service category...
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...
Democracy and Delusion: old problems, new solutions
The Nkandla debacle, the Marikana massacre, Fees Must Fall, GuptaGate, Zuma Must Fall and daily service delivery protests - South African politics is a...
Beyond FMF: Surviving on Social Grants
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...
Saftu still awaiting permission for a November general strike
Cosatu embarked on a national strike on Wednesday to protest corruption and state capture. The recently formed South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu)...
Ripples from San Juan: Fighting against austerity and modern-day colonialism
As word of an indefinite strike at the University of Puerto Rico over austerity plans breaks international media headlines, one cannot help but read...
There are some conflicting claims between EFF and Higher Education
The EFF Student Command (EFFSC) met with the department of higher education and training (DHET) on Monday, and released a statement which made several...
UCT students to host mass meeting on #FeesMustFall
A library on University of Cape Town’s upper campus was shut down and several lectures disrupted on Monday morning.
The disruptions were carried out by...
It is the system itself that is violent
Sam Van Heerden says that if we do not see the hypocrisy in raging against damage done to property while being wholly indifferent to the...
NSFAS fails to address the heart of the matter at briefing
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) press briefing on the status of 2017 applications for financial aid for universities and TVET colleges was...
“Free education is possible, but implementing it in four weeks is...
President Jacob Zuma’s announcement of free education for the poor came as a shock to many South Africans. Some political analysts in particular interpreted...
Fees Commission report calls for removal of application and registration fees
The Fees Commission report found that while fee-free education across the board is fiscally irresponsible, doing away with application and registration fees isn’t.
South Africans...
#FeesMustFall: I hope you are uncomfortable
In some quarters, the recent #FeesMustFall protests have been all consuming. And in others, the silence has been deafening. ISHAY GOVENDER-YPMA explains why she...
What the top three ANC presidential candidates say about free higher...
The African National Congress (ANC) national conference is just two months away. In December, the congress will gather to pick who could potentially be...
In defence of fallism: A response to #FeesMustFall critics
In an article published recently on The Daily Vox, Ebrahim Fakir and Ayesha Soni posed some serious challenges to the #FeesMustFall (FMF) movement, and...
Disunity and confusion over Wits shutdown
Students at the University of the Witwatersrand are confused after the incoming Student Representative Council (SRC) backtracked on its decision to shut the university...
A prayer for Wits, in four verses
The University of Witwatersrand will reopen on Monday 10 October, amidst more security, and a continuing impasse between students and management. Wits academic DANAI MUPOTSA is saying a...
#FeesMustFall: Wits failed to provide healthcare and police targeted first responders
New report echoes the warnings of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry and says police and schools must plan for protests.
