NSFAS extends deadline for 2022 applications
On Thursday evening, January 6, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) announced they would be extending the deadline for applications. Applications for the...
NSFAS Issues Persist As Students March In Western Cape
The Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC) marched on Wednesday on issues relating to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAs). They were joined...
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...
Underreporting of student protests: A question of hierarchy
The news coverage of a select few university protests undermines and devalues student movements across South Africa. News coverage is vital in highlighting the...
FMF 2021: Historic debt, the missing middle and free education explained
The Daily Vox has put together 10 questions we want to answer to better understand Fees Must Fall 2021 – not just as the...
Public Statement Concerning #FeesMustFall Student Activist, Kanya Cekeshe
Public statement by former student leaders and members of the clergy and civil society concerning #FeesMustFall student activist, Kanya Cekeshe
We reproduce their...
Translating Jonathan Jansen’s Political Doublespeak
On Tuesday, University of the Free State (UFS) Vice-Chancellor Jonathan Jansen broke his silence on the violence at the Varsity Cup game on the UFS...
Here’s What You Need To Know About NSFAS 2021
The 2021 National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) cycle opened on August 3, 2020. Students have until November 30, 2020 to apply. The Daily...
Blade says student leaders threw him under the bus
At a specially convened meeting of students, government and university management on Monday, Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande accused student leaders of duplicity.
"What...
What you need to know about NSFAS 2022
The cycle for the 2022 National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) applications are due to open in the next month or so. NSFAS has...
Magistrate Denies Kanya Cekeshe Bail, Leave To Appeal Conviction
“Why is the state hell-bent on keeping Cekeshe in jail,” asked Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi. It was a packed court at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court...
Everything You Need To Know About NSFAS 2020
The 2020 National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) cycle opened on September 1, 2019. This means students have three months to apply for funding...
In Pictures: Wits Protests Gender-Based Violence
Hundreds of Wits University students gathered at the Great Hall piazza to protest against gender-based violence and femicide. The protest is in response to...
The Fees Must Fall Story As A Musical
Following the 2015-2017 Fees Must Fall (FMF) movement, there have been many popular culture interpretations. From books to movies and documentaries everyone has tried...
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...
Student protests 2021: What is happening at UFS?
Students at the University of Free State (UFS) have been protesting since the first week of March against a number of issues related to...
They Beat Us up Because We Disturbed Their Rugby Game
On Monday afternoon a group of protesters allegedly interrupted a rugby game at the University of Free State in a bid to draw attention...
A new wave of activism is rising – a political awakening...
A moment of hope was born some seven years ago as students across South Africa joined together in their call for a free decolonised...
SONA Debate: What The #FeesMustFall MPs Said
Former Fees Must Fall activists Nompendulo Mkhatshwa and Naledi Chirwa, now respectively African National Congress (ANC) and EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members of...
Fees Must Fall 2021: here are 10 key questions
A shutdown is underway at various universities across South Africa as students ramp up protests that began at several campuses last week. Most of...
