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    Confusion continues around NSFAS funding for PGCE students

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    Students from the University of Western Cape (UWC) say they are having issues with the postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE). They have been informed...

    NSFAS says the N+2 rule is meant to speed students through...

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    Students have launched a legal challenge against the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) - in particular the N+2 rule. They say the rule...

    Lack-cess to education – the cycle of abuse against South African...

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    Seven postgraduate students from Wits University’s Critical Diversity Studies department write about the perennial funding crisis in higher education in South Africa. They argue...

    In their own words: NSFAS N+2 students speak out

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    The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) N+2 rule states that students need to finish their degree in a certain number of years or...

    The list: Important dates for South African universities in 2021

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    Student protests, increasing Covid infections and administrative issues have affected registration and the start of the 2021 academic year for many universities. This is...

    University protests lull – but funding issues persist

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    There seems to be a lull in student protest action across South Africa - but the issues that sparked this year’s protests persist.  Many...

    POEM: Let Us Not Forget

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    When we confront the creeping, crippling feeling- our momentum we may be losing,despite our trauma and our bruising.When it lingersand turns our fists into...

    Student protests: different year, different students – same old issues that...

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    There is no easy answer to the question. Books can be filled, hours can be spent debating it - and there still might be...

    How the university funding crisis played out this week

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    NSFAS remains in crisis as various student groups met with university management to find a way forward.  https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/fmf-2021-historic-debt-the-missing-middle-and-free-education-explained/ The Fees must Fall 2021 protests entered its...

    FMF 2021: Historic debt, the missing middle and free education explained

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    The Daily Vox has put together 10 questions we want to answer to better understand Fees Must Fall 2021 – not just as the...

    Fees Must Fall 2021: here are 10 key questions

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    A shutdown is underway at various universities across South Africa as students ramp up protests that began at several campuses last week. Most of...

    National Shutdown: here’s what is happening

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    SAUS has declared a national shutdown from March 15 until all their demands are met. Following protests last week at Wits University, University of the...

    ICYMI: Here’s what happened this week at SA universities

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    This week saw the return of protests and conversations around #FeesMustFall, NSFAS, various other student issues and police brutality.  Since the beginning of March students...

    What Wits University students want

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    Amidst the protests and police force used against protestors, the actual demands from Wits University students have been lost. Wits University Student Representative Council...

    Student protests 2021: What is happening at UFS?

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    Students at the University of Free State (UFS) have been protesting since the first week of March against a number of issues related to...

    Blade Nzimande: Funding to be re-prioritised for higher education

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    Cabinet has agreed that funding should be re-prioritised for the Department of Higher Education and Training to ensure that all National Student Financial Aid...

    Petition: In Solidarity with Students #Asinamali #EndAusterity #FreeEducation

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    In solidarity with students across the country, we, the undersigned, condemn the brutal murder of a 36-year old bystander who was shot and killed...

    Mthokozisi Ntumba who was killed by police at Wits protest was...

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    Mthokozisi Ntumba was killed by police during a protest outside Wits University this week. Following his death, the police minister Bheki Cele and other...

    The List: What’s happening at other SA universities

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    This is how students and institutions are dealing with the issues related to funding and registration.  Protests at the University of Witwatersrand reached a tipping...

    NEWSFLASH: One person killed as police use force to disperse Wits...

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    One person was shot and killed amidst ongoing student protest action outside the Braamfontein campus of the University of Witwatersrand.  While details remain sketchy, one...