Blade Nzimande

COMMENT Update: On Saturday, the UCT council declined to adopt the resolution of a full academic boycott of Israeli institutions, which was passed by the Senate earlier, choosing instead to send it back for an assessment process. …

COMMENT Update: On Saturday, the UCT council declined to adopt the resolution of a full academic boycott of Israeli institutions, which was passed by the Senate earlier, choosing instead to send it back for an assessment process. …

The Fees Commission has been in session this week but the purpose of the commission is being questioned by students. Students feel the score so far is: Free education: Dololo Bureaucratic agenda: 1 The Fees Commission was set up by…

There is a meeting scheduled between Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande and university vice chancellors for Thursday. A group of university academics and activists have released a statement reminding us that we need to be wary of…

Investigations into the death of student Durban University of Technology student Lindelani Myeza are underway but university management and student leaders have declined to reveal details about the incident at this stage. Police say…

Blade Nzimande has been on Twitter (@DrBladeNzimande) for less than a week and already he’s got his foot firmly wedged in his mouth. DANA DA SILVA wonders if he understood what he was getting into when he dipped his toes into his…

Following a sustained campaign and the filing of a Promotion of Access to Information request, the higher education department on Thursday released the so-called No Fee Varsity Report to Amandla.mobi. As a result, everyone can now read the…

There was a diplomatic kerfuffle when higher education minister Blade Nzimande was denied a visa by the Israeli government on Thursday. But given Nzimande’s vocal criticism of the state of Israel this comes as no surprise. MUHAMMED ISMAIL…