Lack-cess to education – the cycle of abuse against South African...
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...
PYA sweeps Wits SRC elections, amid controversy over its list of...
The Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) have retained the Wits University student representative council (SRC) majority. On October 7, Jerome September, dean of student affairs...
National Shutdown: here’s what is happening
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...
Load shedding and food insecurity: The plight of students’ food insecurity...
According to Universities South Africa (USAF), one in three students do not make it to graduation. This is due to an array of realities...
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...
POEM: Let Us Not Forget
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...
Will Student Leaders Make An Impact In Parliament?
Former student leaders of the Fees Must Fall (FMF) movement are well on their way to Parliament. Wits University FMF leaders Nompendulo Mkwatsha and...
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...
Solomon Mahlangu’s Legacy Lives On
Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu is etched into the history of South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement. On April 6, 1979, the apartheid government hanged him. Mahlangu...
Fees Protests Shut UniVen
Update: Student from Univen has told The Daily Vox, the strike at the university has been called off. Students have given the university until...
The eSwatini protests, explained
The people of eSwatini have been protesting against the king and the country's monarchical system. People from across the country have joined the protests...
What Wits University students want
Amidst the protests and police force used against protestors, the actual demands from Wits University students have been lost. Wits University Student Representative Council...
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...
DUT: EFFSC-Led SRC Shows Unity As Protests Continue
NEWS ANALYSIS
The Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC) is holding firm at the Durban University of Technology (DUT), in spite of several high-profile incidents...
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...
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...
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...
Confusion continues around NSFAS funding for PGCE students
Students from the University of Western Cape (UWC) say they are having issues with the postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE). They have been informed...
Financial Exclusion Protests Continue At UKZN And DUT
Students in Durban institutions of higher learning are becoming more irate and vow to bring campuses to standstill if their concerns are not resolved...
New Protests For Accommodation At UNISA And Security At NMU
Students from the University of South Africa (UNISA) and Nelson Mandela University (NMU) are protesting. At Unisa, students protested this past week over accommodation...
