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...
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...
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...
The burning questions on #FreeEducation government needs to answer
Since the announcement by President Jacob Zuma in December of free education for the poor and working class, there’s been a lot of confusion...
Khampepe report finds black students and staff still feel “excluded” at...
On November 10, the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Racism at Stellenbosch University Report (Khampepe report) was publicly released. The 184 page report...
Justice Department Says “No” On Pardons For Fees Must Fall Activists
Justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola addressed the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) in parliament. He said he had been informed about the...
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,...
UCT SRC demands release of Fees Commission report, may march to...
Students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are calling for the immediate release of the Fees Commission Report and a 0% fee increase...
Icarus and the student movement
“Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight
For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light.â€
–...
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...
Here are your initial university payments for 2018
South African students are going back to university in the coming weeks and registration is currently underway. Fees have not yet fallen and many...
Questions must be asked about tactics of coercion during #FeesMustFall
Speaking at a specially convened imbizo in Johannesburg on Monday, President Jacob Zuma once more referenced the death of a worker at Wits University...
Frustrations as DUT strike enters second week
Students at the Durban University of Technology have raised concerns as the staff continue to protest over a wage dispute.
Registration season has begun and...
ANCYL lobbying for free higher education by 2018 at ANC policy...
The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) has called for free higher education by 2018. Despite the outcomes looking unfavourable for those calling for free higher...
Harassment, Scuffles Break Out At Wits Hunger Strike
The situation at Wits University is tense on Tuesday morning. There have been clashes between students and private security in Solomon House where students...
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...
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...
Book Extract: How the police spied on Fees Must Fall
Investigative journalist Jacques Pauw's new book, The President's Keepers, contains many explosive revelations about President Jacob Zuma's ties to underworld figures, his tax returns...
CPUT: a militarised campus is the new norm
After weeks of ongoing tensions, four expulsions, petrol-bombed buildings, the resignation of a dodgy vice chancellor and the temporary closure of campus due to...
#RhodesWar: University disputes claims that it maliciously excluded anti-rape protestors
The students who were excluded by Rhodes University for participating in the #RUReferenceList protest in 2016 said the university was unjust in its decision...
