Watch: former student leader Dlamini says every time Mantashe opens his mouth, he spews bile."

African Union chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma may benefit from the ruling party's move to avoid a leadership showdown.

M&G's Lisa Steyn takes a look at the "good news” the finance minister has for the investors when he meets with them in two weeks time.

Watch the confrontation as police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets at students. Some students were later arrested for throwing stones.

Watch students take matters into their own hands as they clash with security for denying them access to Solomon Mahlangu House.

Wits students disrupted classes and blocked entrances to the institution after the announcement of an 8% cap on fee increases for 2017.

After marching to Cosatu House to hand over their memorandum, students were visited by former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.

Watch: former student leader Dlamini says every time Mantashe opens his mouth, he spews bile."

Watch the confrontation as police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets at students. Some students were later arrested for throwing stones.

Watch students take matters into their own hands as they clash with security for denying them access to Solomon Mahlangu House.

Wits students disrupted classes and blocked entrances to the institution after the announcement of an 8% cap on fee increases for 2017.

Thousands of tonnes of chrome have been mined on the Sekhukhune belt, with many of the companies having no permits to mine in the area.

A collection of Zapiro's cartoons on the Nkandla saga that continues to haunt President Jacob Zuma.

The Deputy director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, on why the Zika virus's potential threat to Africa is different from Ebola.

Blade Nzimande falls into a deep meditation, remotely dealing with the #FeesMustFall movement. Woosah everybody, woosah!

President Jacob Zuma might have taken pains to draw distinctions between his government and the apartheid regime - but public outrage is growing.

Mail & Guardian photo editor Paul Botes selects the best pictures of the year.

More institutions heeded the call for to shutdown of the country's universities on Wednesday with Cape Town students taking the fight to parliament.