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TUT: Where anger, protests and disruption are the norm

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Dec 2015

The M&G gets management's perspective on the growing frustrations students experience at being academically excluded due to a lack of funds.

How student power gave workers hope

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Nov 2015

Support staff are finally being brought in-house, thanks to young idealists fighting for their rights.

#FeesMustFall takes fight to Union Buildings

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Oct 2015

In their thousands, students of the #FeesMustFall campaign marched to the Union Buildings to have their demands heard.

Trough runneth over for spendthrift Setas

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Oct 2015

The pot is empty for university subsidies, but millions are being squandered in the vocational sector.

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EFF calls for removal of Die Stem from national anthem

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Sep 2015

The EFF says there will be no dignity in SA's heritage until apartheid symbols have fallen.

EFF ‘illegal’ student gathering at UJ turns bloody

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Aug 2015

All hell broke loose at UJ when police and hired bouncers clamped down on a protest by members of the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command.

Alliance to tackle internal divisions head-on

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Jun 2015

The tripartite alliance says it wants to address all "irritations" that are causing internal divisions at their five day summit.

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Limpopo youth lose out after R28m skills project grinds to halt

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Jun 2015

An initiative intended to empower 1 100 young adults from Limpopo has fallen prey to various bureaucratic issues.

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Wits vice-chancellor says state can help end exploitation

Article Staff Reporter - 26 May 2015

Wits vice-chancellor Adam Habib plans to abolish the "exploitative" practice of outsourcing support service workers on campus.

UWC’s success counts against it

Article Staff Reporter - 22 May 2015

Despite overcoming much of its apartheid legacy, the university is being denied the financial aid it needs to develop its facilities.

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Students asked to cough up as tiff over unpaid private digs deepens

Article Staff Reporter - 15 May 2015

Lodges agreed to put up a North West college’s charges, but state funding failed to materialise.

Most of our new teachers can’t

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Apr 2015

The number of teachers graduating is no longer of concern, but their ability leaves much to be desired.

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Motshekga blocks re-employment of thousands of teachers

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Apr 2015

The department of basic education wants to block the reappointment of public school teachers who have resigned in order to access their pension funds.

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Teaching Mandarin at school ‘will colonise SA anew’ – Sadtu

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Apr 2015

The education department is offering pupils the option to learn a Chinese language, but the union wants more emphasis placed on indigenous languages.

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The fall of Rhodes’s statue is only the first step, says Malema

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Mar 2015

The EFF leader also stressed that the battle against white supremacy cannot be won until universities offer free education.

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