#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...
Political Parties Weigh In On The Fees Must Fall Amnesty Debate
Political parties debated the call for blanket amnesty for #FeesMustFall (FMF) activists at a National Assembly plenary sitting. In spite of the announcement of...
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...
We asked academics to weigh in on the #FeesMustFall debate
Speaking to the media on Thursday, Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande, said he didn’t feel as pressured by the current...
TL;DR: A roundup of SRC elections from across the country
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 #FeesMustFall movement needs to change tactics to avoid further isolation
Ntando Sindane believes that the student struggle for free education in South Africa is in danger of making the same mistake that many revolutionary...
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...
UCT mass meeting: workers’ strike, interdict and possibility of shutdown
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has interdicted a South African Liberated Public Sector Workers Union (Salipswu) strike that was planned for Thursday morning....
WATCH: Daily Vox hangout with UCT vice chancellor Max Price
The #RhodesMustFall protests at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have entered their third week, and students continue to occupy the Bremner building, which...
Blade Nzimande At Higher Education: It’s Back To “Square One” For...
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 Serious Is The Government’s Plan For Free Education?
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...
Decolonised Education Means Giving Poor Students Fair Use Of Textbooks
We need to update our copyright laws to allow poor students fair use rights of textbooks, which remain prohibitively expensive for most, writes THABISO...
Casting students as irrationally violent stinks of racism
The topics of violence, non-violence and questions of what “legitimate†violence looks like have marked discussion about the #FeesMustFall protests.
The general public - whether...
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...
When we prioritise books over people, we only create new symbols...
A library went up in flames, and it’s all some of us can think about. For those who attended UKZN, like myself, it's personal. These...
Feenix helps university students rise from the ashes of high fees
The #FeesMustFall protests highlighted that there are many students and families who are struggling to fund their university tuition. Some students, unable to get...
HETN urges Zuma to release Fees Commission, condemns 2018 fee increases
The Higher Education Transformation Network (HETN) has urged President Jacob Zuma to release the Fees Commission report. The HETN also rejects unilateral fee increments...
“The Fall” is a fantasy novel set in the middle of...
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...
The Real Price Of A Degree: The Untold Story Of Financially...
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,...
Free higher education is not a universal right
The 2017 university year is beginning in earnest. The spectre of continued #FeesMustFall (#FMF) movement activity, in spite of evident attrition, political party capture,...
