The department of higher education has assured students that they will not be left stranded following the decision to deregister four private colleges
The higher education department has deregistered Damelin, CityVarsity, Icesa City Campus and Lyceum College after they failed to submit financial reports from 2020
The South African Union of Students says the education department has been in the process of deregistering Educor’s private institutions since July 2023
The student financial aid scheme’s board has rejected calls by students demanding that their accommodation allowances be paid to them directly
Access to the missing middle should be celebrated, but it is only one step in what looks to be a long journey for the higher education system
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
Neither the minister nor deputy minister stayed for the duration of an urgent committee meeting to discuss funding challenges for university students
Police shot at students who had been peacefully marching in the streets of Johannesburg during the first day of the national shutdown on Monday
Nzimande’s last-minute scramble to find funding for students has not stopped them from mobilising for a nationwide shutdown.
Those at historically disadvantaged universities feel abandoned while their peers at richer institutions continue with their studies
There is nothing radical or revolutionary about burning down university property while claiming to be fighting for access to education
Student unions have rejected the ministerial task team, saying they want to speak to the president.
SRCs have been removed from Fees Must Fall movements after rumours surfaced that the Progressive Youth Alliance had taken a R40 000 bribe.
The panel tasked with probing the potential of free higher education has said they cannot prevent the government from implementing tuition increment.
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/ 16 September 2008
Failed universities mergers are being examined for possible solutions, according to ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
The ANC’s Polokwane conference resolved that the government should progressively introduce free education for the poor up to undergraduate level.
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) will deploy a new security plan after a number of alleged racist attacks on campus in the last week, university management said on Thursday. Last week, local South African Students Congress chairperson Xolani Mkhwemnte said there had been an outbreak of ”racially motivated incidents” on the Kingsway campus.
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) will investigate allegations of racist incidents on campus where black students say they are ”living in a climate of fear”. Local South African Students’ Congress chairperson Xolani Mkhwemnte said on Friday there had been an outbreak of ”racially motivated incidents” on the Kingsway campus since Monday this week.
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/ 20 February 2008
About 10 students from the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) were arrested on Wednesday following a protest that turned violent, said Pretoria police. Captain Dumisani Ndlazi said the 10, who were part of a protesting group, were arrested at the university’s main campus in Pretoria West.