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Classes suspended at UCT as students and workers demand a #ShackvilleTRC
Academic activities were suspended on Friday afternoon at the University of Cape Town as students continued their protests for a #ShackvilleTRC and for charges...
We need to be asking why people burn shit down
JARED SACKS asks us to suspend our anger, judgement and moralising over the burning of property at UKZN this week, and ask why someone...
UKZN fails in its concern for survivors of rape and sexual assault
Writing in their personal capacities, academic staff at UKZN's Pietermaritzburg campus, Pumelela Nqelenga, Mari H Engh and Federico Settler, say the university's failure to condemn...
Debunking misconceptions surrounding free education
Protests over university fees are making headlines again, following the conflagration at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The debate on how to fund free education...
Here’s the latest on the UKZN protests
This week, the country sat up and took notice of the protests, arson and sexual assault allegations that came out of three UKZN campuses....
When we prioritise books over people, we only create new symbols of oppression
A library went up in flames, and it’s all some of us can think about. For those who attended UKZN, like myself, it's personal. These...
Universities across the country are on fire. Our rage is the fire
Oliver Meth says these fires don’t need to be extinguished.
Fire is raging across South Africa. Fire over the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Fire in the...
#DecoloniseSchooling: we need to talk about the violence “elite” schools perpetuate
#StopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh has reopened a can of worms for many of us who attended private and ex-model C schools. If I'm honest, this was likely...
Pandering to the youth with dabs is not going to win votes
NYIKO SHIKWAMBANE points out that for all the ANC's gimmicks, the party still does not get the youth.Â
What was merely a hashtag became a call to fill...
The DA is crying foul of campus shut downs
On Monday, The Mangosuthu University of Technology and the Pietermaritzburg campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) were shut down. The South African Union...
It’s raining SAPS at Wits, with a small chance of protests
Students at Wits arrived at campus on Monday to the sight of increased security and a bolstered police presence.
The air crackles with expectation following...
#UJ17: students claim 17 suspended for arson are unjustly accused
On Monday, 8 August a small crowd of UJ students gathered at the university’s entrance 2 in protest against the suspension of 17 students...
Why is violence on Black women’s bodies so normalised on our screen that we...
I have been listening and reading some of the things being said about‪ #‎RememberKhwezi‬.
I think I have come out with more questions than answers.
1....
This is why extreme weather conditions are an issue of inequality
The extreme weather conditions gripping the country this winter are also exposing the country's faultlines. We've had hail storms, floods, tornadoes and landslides but...
UCT’s absurd reasoning spits in the face of the SA Muslim community
University of Cape Town (UCT) management has, once again, managed to shove its foot firmly within its own mouth. This time to the point...
#ThisFlag: uprising against oppression or “third force” regime change?
The story of Zimbabwe as an oppressive regime is one with which most of us are familiar. In neoliberal, and predominantly white spaces, the...
Zimbabweans in South Africa are gathering support for #ThisFlag
On Thursday, hundreds of Zimbabwean and South African citizens marched to the Zimbabwean embassy in solidarity with the #ThisFlag protests and to hand over...
Five Reasons Why Narendra Modi Is No Hero To Us
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is visiting South Africa on his first official state visit to our country. Despite all the hype around his...
The maiden bursary puts a spotlight on culture and constitutional rights
The maiden bursary, which was introduced by Kwazulu Natal's uThukela municipality in January was found to be unconstitutional earlier this month by The Commission for...
My father took me out of school but I have forgiven him because he...
Edina Bonzo is a 64-year-old granny living in a village deep in the Mangochi region in Malawi. She spoke to The Daily Vox about...
