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Limpopo school exam scandal unravels as police probe continues
Limpopo school exam scandal unravels as police probe continues
Police are busy questioning staff and learners of New Era College in Malamulele, Limpopo, following the leak of the matric maths examination paper...
Stellenbosch students traumatised by 'men in black' still have to write exams
Stellenbosch students traumatised by 'men in black' still have to write exams
A Stellenbosch University student who was suspended for a month during the #FeesMustFall protests has described the trauma of being constantly...
​Hope can calm student ‘tantrums’
​Hope can calm student ‘tantrums’
COMMENTWe see ongoing student protest, despite negotiations, concessions and attempts to return to “normality”.
Free education demands radical change to the budget
Free education demands radical change to the budget
COMMENT“The doors of learning and of culture shall be opened”, according to the Freedom Charter way back in 1955. In part it declared...
Unizulu plans to splurge on 'overpriced' student housing
Unizulu plans to splurge on 'overpriced' student housing
The University of Zululand is facing another property scandal, this time over its plan to buy seven blocks of flats for R72.5-million.
Blade reads the riot act to Unizulu
Blade reads the riot act to Unizulu
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande wants the chairperson of the council of the embattled University of Zululand to tell him why he should not...
Varsities must meet labour needs
Varsities must meet labour needs
The current focus of the university sector is on the student protests of the #FeesMustFall campaign. While the agenda of ­university reform is in...
Matric 'cheats' let off the hook after two years of legal wrangling
Matric 'cheats' let off the hook after two years of legal wrangling
The Durban high court has ordered a group of high school pupils who were implicated in group cheating in the 2014 matric exams to attend disciplinary...
Stop the education blame game
Stop the education blame game
It is that time of the year when we pray, motivate and encourage the grade 12 learners to do the best they can in their final exams. This is not...
#FeesMustFall: TUT extends condolences to family of student killed at protest
#FeesMustFall: TUT extends condolences to family of student killed at protest
The Tshwane University of Technology has extended condolences to the family of  Benjamin Phehla after he was killed after being hit by a car...
Inequalities increase as fees rise
Inequalities increase as fees rise
Since 2000, South Africa has devoted a low and declining share of gross domestic product to tertiary education.
Decolonise science at your peril
Decolonise science at your peril
South Africa has been in the throes of unprece­dented student militancy over the past 18 months, anchored around the demand for free higher...
Applicant principals fail to write their competency test
Applicant principals fail to write their competency test
A plan by the department of basic education to
​Universities’ security path ups the ante
​Universities’ security path ups the ante
COMMENT"Burn to be heard.” This chilling statement has been doing the rounds through word of mouth and social media on campuses in recent...
Students demand Jacob Zuma's commitment
Students demand Jacob Zuma's commitment
The South African Students’ Congress (Sasco) has threatened to prevent members of the newly-formed ministerial task team from entering any of the...

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