Protests against colonialism and fees made an impact, but it’s too soon to judge SA’s rise or fall.
Pressing financial challenges that have befuddled previous ministers include health insurance, free education and the nuclear deal with Russia.
Institutions must realise that financial stress is a terrible burden.
Destiny got it right putting Wits SRC head Nompendulo Mkatshwa on the cover, but disrupted the representation of #FeesMustFall as a faceless movement.
SA’s democracy, won by much sacrifice, is in dire danger from the greed and machinations of a few.
From student protests to celebrity tiffs, Twitter made sure SA got their bite-sized outrage, rants and reflections trending, writes Sthembiso Sithole.
UWC top brass were nowhere to be seen when #FeesWillFall students and police clashed.
What was interesting about the protests was the response of civil society.
How the country navigates the next two years will either rock or steady the ship.
A veto on university fee increases is a victory, but the funding scheme still fails many people.
Its campuses might have been calmer than other universities’ but the institution is not out of the #FeesMustFall woods yet.
Wits University in Jo’burg will remain closed on Monday as student protests continue – despite a promise by President Jacob Zuma that fees won’t rise.
#FeesMustFall: As student protests spread across the country, these participating voices speak from their various universities