#FeesMustFall: Why a NSFAS review is sensible
When #FeesMustFall protests first hit South Africa last year, writer MONAKO DIBETLE wasn't convinced they would have much of an effect. But he was...
Six protest songs that are anthems for revolution in SA
The student protests that swept the country this year were punctuated by the singing of struggle songs often older than the students themselves. With...
#FeesMustFall and how it showcased Indian South African privilege
Apartheid paradigms of race and class still cast a shadow over certain segments of the South African, Indian, Muslim community, and the Fees Must...
#FeesMustFall: A tale of two Witses – one for the rich,...
Wits University is made up of two separate and distinct universities - one for the rich and another for the poor - and university...
Parents of CPUT and UWC students issue statement supporting #FeesMustFall [FULL...
On Sunday, amidst growing tensions between police and protesting students in the Western Cape, parents of students who attend the University of the Western...
Does Destiny’s Ulo cover show it doesn’t really get #FeesMustFall?
Destiny magazine's choice for its December cover girl, namely Wits SRC president Nompendulo ‘Ulo’ Mkatshwa, has spurred furious debate about the face of #FeesMustFall....
The chaos of history: form and #FeesMustFall
NEROLI PRICE was at Parliament when the #FeesMustFall protests got ugly. She tells us how she’s struggled to make sense of her lived experience...
The media sells black pain: a woman’s experience from #FeesMustFall
The media has been criticised for the way it portrayed students in the #FeesMustFall protests as “ungrateful hooligans†but few have criticised the manner...
5 artists who backed #FeesMustFall through music and poetry
Over the past few weeks, South African musicians and poets showed their support for the #FeesMustFall protests. ZILUNGILE MNISI rounds up five acts that...
#FeesMustFall, higher education and the cycle of poverty
TARYN COOP, a teacher and Masters student in International and Comparative Education, describes the long journey four of her matric students took to get into university,...
What we need to keep the #FeesMustFall movement alive
Movements are sustained upsurges of people against X. The key word here is "sustained". Will there even be a Fees Must Fall movement by February...
#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...
#FeesMustFall made history, but are we ready to accept the trade-offs?
Every year around the third week of October, when the Mother City’s homeless no longer have to weather the rain and wind, the minister...
The story of #FeesMustFall in placards
A picture may say a thousand words and a well-worded placard tells a million woes. FIRDAUS KHAN rounds up some of the most evocative placards of...
In the shadow of #FeesMustFall, xenophobic violence grips Grahamstown
While students at Rhodes University were fighting for their right to a free education, just down the road foreign shop owners were subjected to xenophobic...
Daily Vox Hangout: Where to now for #FeesMustFall?
Fee hikes have fallen and days later, the unified front of the student movement that kept the country enraptured, is already to show cracks....
#FeesMustFall forecast for Monday: Shutdown in some parts of the country...
All academic activities at the the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) remain suspended on Monday, with many students readying themselves for another week of protest....
“#FeesMustFall has shown us the power of the youth”
President Jacob Zuma announced a freeze on fee increases at South African higher education institutions on Friday. And as student movements across the country...
10 unforgettable moments of solidarity from #FeesMustFall
While news reports and timelines are filled with images of burning tyres and overturned police cars, the #FeesMustFall protests brought many South Africans together...
A change is going to come: on the right to peaceful...
A lot has been said recently about the right to protest and the right to assembly, but what irks me is how participants who...
