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The cracks within the government’s free education plan are showing. While the policy increased access to higher learning, it also introduced numerous administrative issues like an overburdened National Student Financial Aid Scheme…

The City of Johannesburg’s ‘protest fees’ are a major free speech violation, and nobody seems to care, write MURRAY HUNTER and THAMI NKOSI. Have you heard about the #JoburgProtestFees? We know it sounds crazy, but yes: the City…

Dental students from the University of Witwatersrand protested on Tuesday on campus with a number of complaints. Students say they are tired of the poor working conditions and treatment by the university. They handed over a memorandum to…

In the wake of an imbizo held on Wednesday at the University of Witwatersrand, students marched through the streets of Braamfontein to protest against the proposed 10% increase of residence fees for 2019. Led by the Student Representative…

On Friday September 7, students from the University of the North West Potchefstroom campus embarked on a strike. They handed over a joint Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command and South African Student Congress memorandum. The students…

“Growing up as a born free I was told there were a lot of things I could access - education, shelter, even food, sometimes. But I found them hard to attain,” writes Clinton Chauke in his debut book Born In Chains: The Diary Of An Angry…

UPDATE: The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has arrested two police officers in connection with the death of Katlego Monareng, the slain Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) student.  IPID spokesperson Moses…

During the 2015 and 2016 Fees Must Fall (FMF) protests, many student activists were charged with public violence and destruction of property. Even after Free Education became a government policy as of December 2016, those charges have still…

Students at Rhodes University are mourning the death of third year law student, Khensani Maseko. Maseko was allegedly raped by her then-boyfriend in May and died of apparent suicide at her home in Johannesburg on Friday afternoon. “The…

In a sea of black and red, thousands of womxn* from all over Gauteng gathered in Pretoria on Wednesday morning to take a stand against gender-based violence. The Total Shutdown - as the action was called - took place across the country and…

Unemployed graduates vow never to vote come election time in 2019. This was after they embarked on a peaceful march to the Durban City Hall to seek answers to their grievances. On Friday, a group of unemployed graduates from various places…

The never ending battle between the eThekwini Municipality and shack dwellers in various informal settlements continues. The latest one comes after the Anti-Land Invasion Unit personnel allegedly shot community member Ndumiso Mnguni on…

Residents of areas in the south of Johannesburg including Eldorado Park, Freedom Park, Slovo Park, Lehae, and Soweto have embarked on a wide-scale service delivery protest to amplify the struggles of the poor and the workers. The protest…

Evan Mawarire says not much has changed in the new Zimbabwe but he is hopeful for a better future for his country. The civil rights activist and pastor led the #ThisFlag movement in 2016 which encouraged Zimbabweans to take ownership of…

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) and other unions have been on strike at the University of Witwatersrand since last week. But over the weekend…

2017 was quite the year in South Africa. We had major service delivery protests across the country, learners exposing the insidious racism in their schools, and the release of the long awaited Fees Commission report. It’s easy to…

Activists - black activists in particular - find that Facebook is not a safe space to voice their pain and anger on issues affecting them. That’s why three young black professionals took the matter into their own hands and launched a…

An Israeli Twitter account is celebrating the country’s statehood by thanking the countries that voted yes in the United Nations (UN) 1947 partition plan. South Africa was also thanked but folks on Twitter clapped back criticising one…