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latest news & developments‘Rise ’76’ confronts a generation haunted by how little it has done with its inherited freedom
A powerful and emotionally layered theatrical work revisits the 1976 Soweto Uprising through testimony, memory, contradiction and unresolved generational grief
Selective activism: A problem for South Africa’s youth
To make their voices heard, young people must be more selective in the issues they support and need to put in the hard work
Editorial | Elections and the perils of provoking students
US President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza could lose him the all-important student vote
Higher education state policy needs urgent assessment
This is made evident by corruption at universities, assassination attempts, the failure of the students funding scheme, and the Mpati report on governance quality and racial…
Department of Education
Bold strides have been made in unravelling apartheid’s systems of education but there is still a lot to be done to achieve equality
UCT students resume fees protest, despite court ruling
The University of Cape Town management says student debt affects its financial sustainability
Why the latest student protests were predictable
Those in power have learnt very little from the past and will continue to cling to the capricious hope that somehow the problem will go away
Why do the student protests seem different this year?
Their demands and the reactions they solicit no longer match those of 2015’s #FeesMustFall – students need an actionable plan, funds, accommodation
Inequity in higher education is a price too high to pay
The #FeesMustFall protests demonstrated the burden of higher education in South Africa, a concept institutions contend with annually
Wits SRC agrees to 24-hour protest ‘ceasefire’ if its demands are met
A committee comprising the higher education department, vice-chancellors and universities’ body has been established to review the R45 000 allowance for accommodation
Crooked crime cops culled
Three high-ranking police accused of using protesting students to defraud crime intelligence have finally been taken off the job
Crime intelligence cops facing R54m corruption charges finally suspended
The three senior officers used the need to spy on students to allegedly defraud the state
How #FeesMustFall students were used to ‘defraud’ crime intelligence
Spyware used to monitor students’ social media ballooned from R7.7-million to R54.2-million as dodgy deals surfaced following the arrest of senior police officers
University funding crisis: Economy crumbling under weighty student debt
Student debt is growing quickly and, if something doesn’t change, it could jeopardise the country’s already struggling economy
How student debt will aid in the downward slide of South Africa
Student debt does not only affect the student and the university but has far-reaching consequences for all of us and the economy