Fees Must Fall
latest news & developmentsThe unfinished business of Rhodes Must Fall, Sarah Baartman and Jameson
What does the university do with public memory?
Soundtrack of the struggle
Jazz and activism have long been intertwined, but how does the music speak today?
Frontrunner for ANCYL leadership post embraces Ukraine sanctions
Khulekani Skhosana says the sanctions are a ‘medal of honour’
Remembering bell hooks: There is no way to be ‘everybody’
Radical feminist bell hooks taught us to sit with perturbation and vulnerability as we revel in difference
A spirit guide to ethical black feminist thinking and praxis
bell hooks’s refusal to ‘get in formation’ foregrounded healing as the foundation to a communal liberatory agenda
‘Political interference’ hinders NPA in R100m crime intelligence probe
The National Prosecuting Authority’s leaders have been accused of bowing to external pressures for the stalled arrest of police generals
Top cop arrest blitz is imminent for R100m crime intelligence graft
SAPS top brass in sights for R100m security equipment corruption while spying on ANC and students
Teaching South Africa’s youth about rebel music
Protest music and protest culture is part of being black, and of being human. Several musicians are passing this practice on to the next generation
Will the EFF capitalise on the ANC’s governance failures?
Good election outcomes for the party will mean Julius Malema’s dangerous racism will again receive airtime
Listen to women and youth to enable recovery from the pandemic
Women in the personal services sector and young people have been hard hit by the pandemic in terms of employment, but they struggled even before Covid-19
The plight of the ‘missing middle’ is no joke, Nzimande
Parents who, on paper, look like they can afford to pay their children’s university fees often can’t. They also miss out on funding from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme.
Students to continue with protest until demands are met
Vice-chancellors tell parliament that there needs to be a lasting national solution to the funding issues as they cannot deal with them on their own
Portfolio committee on higher education criticises ministry for not taking it seriously
Neither the minister nor deputy minister stayed for the duration of an urgent committee meeting to discuss funding challenges for university students
Teargas, bleeding knees and burning tyres: A day in the protest for free higher education
Police shot at students who had been peacefully marching in the streets of Johannesburg during the first day of the national shutdown on Monday
UFS: Private security moves on campus to monitor protests
The vice-chancellor of the University of the Free State has spoken about academic measures for students for the academic year following the national shutdown