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...
#FreshersAdvice: Your Complete Guide To South African Universities, Part 2
It's a new academic year and thousands of undergrads will be registering for their first year at university. It's a whole other thing, this...
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...
The return of Rhodes University’s Minimal Initial Payment sparks outrage
Rhodes University students were unhappy after the university announced the return of the Minimum Initial Payment (MIP) or Initial Fee Payment (IFP) for 2018....
Wits SRC: “Higher Education CACH system is giving students false hopeâ€
Monday was the first day of registration at the University of Witwatersrand, and it proceeded smoothly despite concerns that disruptions, intense crowds or stampedes...
#FreshersAdvice: Your complete guide to South African Universities, Part I
Everything about starting university is daunting: the size of the campuses, the people, the work and the fees. Luckily, seniors have your back and...
The new ANC top six in a dilemma with Zuma’s free...
On Monday night, the African National Congress (ANC) finally concluded the election of the party top six. Cyril Ramaphosa, the deputy president of South...
“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...
How Zuma’s free education plan will affect NSFAS and universities in...
President Jacob Zuma’s sudden announcement of a new free higher education policy came as a surprise, not the least because it came just as...
Zuma’s free education plan will dump the costs onto academics
President Zuma dropped the bomb of all bombs on the FeesMustFall question on Saturday, declaring free and state-subsidised tertiary education. While the decision has...
Zuma’s free education plan is a ferocious hospital pass to his...
Finance minister Malusi Gigaba was the very picture of discomfort on Saturday. He was at the 54th national conference of the African National Congress,...
“Zuma’s free education plan impossible to implement” – analysts
On Saturday the presidency announced its resolutions on the funding of the higher education and training sector. It called for what is essentially a...
Zuma’s free education announcement cautiously welcomed by student leaders
On Saturday, the Presidency announced a new higher education policy, which promised free education for TVET students, and a wide-ranging grant system for poor...
Free Education at last? President Zuma announces sweeping changes to higher...
A month after the Heher Commission on Free Higher Education released its long awaited report, President Jacob Zuma announced sweeping changes to the higher...
#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...
A luta continua at the University Currently Known As Rhodes
On 6 December, the Council of the University Currently Known As Rhodes (UCKAR) publicly announced that it would not be changing the institution's name,...
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...
UCT students on writing exams in a tent: “It’s bizarre and...
Students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are writing exams in a tent on the university rugby field amid heavy security presence. The...
Nuclear, security, fees and the ties that bind
In 2017 South Africa has faced rising electricity costs, near drought conditions in the Western Cape, a corruption crisis with the state social grant...
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...
