Young black South Africans have been raised to believe that friendship across the races is an indicator of progress. Now, they are questioning this.
Acting national commissioner General Khomotso Phahlane says ‘it is unfortunate that rumours of Dlamini’s arrest were spread on social media’.
A study conducted by the Pew Research Centre says two-thirds of South Africans agree that developing education should be a priority for the country.
The state security minister says he was not involved in the arrest of the student leader and rubbished allegations of being linked to rhino poaching.
The former Wits SRC president remained defiant after he was released on bail on Wednesday, saying he would continue to fight for free education.
Mpofu argued in court that the video footage that prosecutor Steven Rubin had referred to during Dlamini’s first bail hearing was fictitious.
Wits Fees Must Fall student leader Catherine Seabe said on Tuesday she would meet with one of the people responsible for the anti-Semitic messages.
‘We are continuing to shut down universities,’ Wits SRC president Kefentse Mkhari said.
Students expressed disappointment at their lack of control over violent elements within their group after a stand-off between police and protesters.
The letter to ambassador Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu was written in a bid to apply pressure on the South African government to listen to students.
Student leader Vuyani Pambo said Habib could not form part of the peace talks at the church while police were arresting students on campus.
Students and workers will march to the South African consulate to hand over a letter of demands to the South African ambassador to the US.
What started off as inclusive has devolved into a largely patriarchal campaign, activists say.
The Wits vice-chancellor confirmed that measures have been taken to protect his house as a result of recent threats.
South African tertiary students are calling for free education and the recent protests have resulted in shutdowns and arrests, among other things.
Equal Education general secretary Tshepo Motsepe: "The only institution that can deliver free education is the government".
Students have said that a general assembly would provide a more realistic platform for members of the university community to share their views.
Anyone who is not at the varsities during the protests could easily miss the emotional interactions that come into play, writes Ra’eesa Pather.
The university’s spokesperson, Shirona Patel, confirmed the varsity would continue its academic programme following violence on campus on Tuesday.
About 200 students marched from the University of Cape Town’s upper campus to middle campus.
Free, decolonised education is key to producing health workers conscious of social justice.
An engagement with blackness, black feminisms and black masculinities can help South African psychologists contribute to building healthy communities.
Students reportedly protested peacefully on Wednesday in solidarity with other students across the country who are calling for free higher education.
The students had marched from the main campus on Kingsway Road, escorted by the police, who directed traffic and kept them in their protest line.
The student protester says an electronic vote would enable the Wits vice-chancellor to ‘manipulate the system’.
The state misspends and decolonised education is delayed until we have a different economic system, writes Adam Haupt.
There is not a significant amount of empirical research data that shows the link between violent protest and emotional trauma.
When they’re out in the streets, students in the #FeesMustFall protests seem united.
As students scrambled to safety after police shot rubber bullets at them, one student was injured after falling on top of a stun grenade.
The ANC secretary general says students protesting fee increases are not doing anyone a favour by studying.
The building is the main space where students hold mass meetings and they pushed their way in after police and security officials tried blocking them.
The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s student representative council has condemned the burning of the law library at Howard College on Tuesday.